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HELEN KELLER JOKE
HOW DID HELEN KELLER DIE? SHE FELL DOWN A WELL, BROKE BOTH HER
ARMS AND COULDN'T SCREAM FOR HELP.
Submitter comment:
COLLEGE STUDENT HUMOR SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD THE MACABRE. THE MORE
GRUESOME IT SEEMS THE BETTER. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
MOMMY MOMMY JOKE
MOMMY MOMMY WHY ARE WE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IN JULY? SHUT UP
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE LEUKEMIA.
Submitter comment:
COLLEGE STUDENT HUMOR SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD THE MACABRE. THE MORE
GRUESOME IT SEEMS THE BETTER. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
MOMMY MOMMY JOKE
MOMMY MOMMY I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO EUROPE. SHUT UP AND KEEP SWIMMING.
Submitter comment:
COLLEGE STUDENT HUMOR SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD THE MACABRE. THE MORE
GRUESOME IT SEEMS THE BETTER. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
BABY JOKE
WHAT IS RED AND WHITE AND SITS IN THE CORNER? A BABY CHEWING ON
A RAZOR BLADE.
Submitter comment:
COLLEGE STUDENT HUMOR SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD THE MACABRE. THE MORE
GRUESOME IT SEEMS THE BETTER. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
BABY JOKE
WHAT IS WORSE THAN A PILE OF DEAD BABIES? A PILE OF DEAD BABIES WITH
A LIVE ONE IN THE MIDDLE EATING ITS WAY OUT.
Submitter comment:
COLLEGE STUDENT HUMOR SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD THE MACABRE. THE MORE
GRUESOME IT SEEMS THE BETTER. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
TAKE ONLY THE FIRST THREE LETTERS AND THE LAST OF A
WORD AS A MEANS OF SHORTHAND.
EXAMPLE: DISTINGUISH=DISTINH. (BECAUSE THE DIS PREFIX
IS NECESSARY, BUT WOULDN'T TELL YOU THE WORD.
CIGARETTE=CIGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
YOU CAN REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE APOSTLES WITH THE
HELP OF THE WORD BAPTISM:
{THE INITIAL LETTERS OF THE APOSTLE'S NAMES SPELL
THE WORD BAPTISM}.
B=BARTHOLEMEW; A=ANDREW; P=PHILLIP; T=THOMAS AND THADDEUS
I=JAMES, JOHN, JAMES, JUDAS; S=SIMON-PETER; M=MATTHEW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
A RAT IN THE HOUSE MAY EAT THE ICE CREAM.
{DEVICE FOR SPELLING} ARITHMETIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 09-08-1969
MUSICAL MNEMONIC TO SEPARATE THE SPACES OF A
SHEET OF MUSIC.
FACE
Data entry tech comment: EACH SPACE IS GIVEN THE LETTERS IN THIS WORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MUSICAL MNEMONIC TO SEPARATE THE LINES OF A
SHEET OF MUSIC;
EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE.
Data entry tech comment: EACH LINE IS GIVEN THE FIRST LETTER OF THIS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU WOULD BE GREAT ON STAGE; THERE IS ONE LEAVING
IN TEN MINUTES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
IN THE GAME OF HEARTS, THE THIRTEEN POINT LOSS WAS
CALLED "BIG BERTHA."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
NEVER COMPLIMENT A CHILD ON HIS LOOKS--THE FATES MIGHT
BECOME JEALOUS OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EVIL EYE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU "I'LL SEE YOU IN CHURCH" ON SAYING
GOODBYE, IT MEANS DEATH.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
RELAX AND BE A FOOL WITH FOLLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
RID UP THE TABLE.
Submitter comment:
IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO THIS MEANS CLEARING OFF THE
TABLE AFTER A MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
RICH AS MILK AND HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER OR OUT OF
SIGHT OUT OF MIND, BUT DEPENDS UPON WHO YOU ARE
AWAY FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
FAIR EXCHANGE, NO ROBBERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1977
ULSTER WILL FIGHT
AND ULSTER WILL BE RIGHT.
Submitter comment:
PICKED UP WHILE IN DUBLIN LAST YEAR. WINSTON
CHURCHILL'S FATHER WAS THE ORIGINATOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1971