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"MY GALS"
MY GALS OF CORKER
SHE'S A NEW YORKER
I BUY HER EVERYTHING JUST TO KEEP HER IN STYLE
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF HIPS
JUST LIKE TWO BATTLESHIPS,
THAT'S WHERE ALL MY MONEY GO-HO-HOES.
REFRAIN
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF FEET
JUST LIKE THE U.S. FLEET
REFRAIN
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF LIPS
JUST LIKE POTATO CHIPS
REFRAIN
THERE ARE MORE VERSES BUT I'M GETTING OLD AND CAN'T
REMEMBER THEM ALL.
Submitter comment: ANY VERSES CAN BE ADDED IF THEY RHYME.
James Callow Keyword(s): MY GAL'S A CORKER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT A ZEBRA IS?
IT'S ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE SIZES LARGER THAN AN A-BRA.
Submitter comment:
LARRY HEARD IT AT THE TOWN AND GOWN SERIES, FROM A
GROUP CALLED THE ARBORS. (THEATER GROUP)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAR
James Callow Keyword(s): BOSOM ; BREAST ; BUST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
ANIMAL RIDDLE
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A PARROT WITH A MOUNTIAN
LION?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHEN IT TALKS YOU BETTER LISTEN.
Submitter comment:
LARRY HEARD IT FROM HERMAN CARDUCCI VTR EDITOR, U OF D TELEVISION
STATION.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAR
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; JOKE ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
DON'T EVER MOVE INTO A HOME ON A FRIDAY BECAUSE
IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
DIANE LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRLFRIEND, SANDY
DITTRICH.
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
DON'T LET A BLACK CAT CROSS YOUR PATH.
Where learned: CAR
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU WILL KISS A FOOL.
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU WILL GET IN A FIGHT.
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about friends and lovers |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
WHEN YOU DROP A FORK, COMPANY IS COMING.
IF A KNIFE DROPS, A BOY OR A MAN WILL CALL.
IF A FORK FALLS TO THE GROUND, A WOMAN OR A GIRL
WILL CALL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAD KNOWN THIS.
FROM MOTHER
Where learned: CAR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
DID YOU EVER SMELL A MOTHBALL?
YES.
HOW DO YOU GET ITS TINY LITTLE LEGS APART?
Submitter comment:
DIANE HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND, MICKEY MRAZEK, WHO
LIVES IN MT. CLEMENS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-16-1967