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ELEPHANT JOKE
WHAT IS BLACK AND STICKS BETWEEN AN ELEPHANTS TOES?
SLOW NATIVES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
PROVERB
WOMAN'S VIRTUE IS A MAN'S GREATEST INVENTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
WHEN YOU SEE A HEARSE GO BY
YOU WILL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
THEY WRAP YOU UP IN A CLEAN WHITE SHEET
AND THROW YOU IN A HOLE ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP.
THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT.
THE ANTS PLAY PINOCHLE ON YOUR SNOUT.
YOUR STOMACH TURNS A MOLDY GREEN
AND PUS COMES OUT LIKE A DAIRY QUEEN.
YOUR EYES POP OUT. YOUR TEETH DECAY.
AND THAT'S THE END OF A WONDERFUL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
James Callow Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1978 ; 11-00-1987
YOU CAN MAKE A WISH WHEN THE CLASP OF YOUR NECKLACE IS IN THE FRONT
NEXT TO THE PENDANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1976 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS IN A CAR OR BUS, PICK YOUR
FEET OFF THE FLOOR AND PUT YOUR FINGER ON A SCREW.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE REASON FOR DOING THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1979 ; 11-00-1987
SLUG BUG
SLUG BUG IS A GAME PLAYED IN THE CAR ON LONG TRIPS. WHEN
SOMEONE SPOTS A VOLKSWAGON HE/SHE HITS THE PERSON NEXT TO
HIM/HER. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO SPOT THE VOLKSWAGON
FIRST SO THAT YOU WILL NOT BE THE ONE TO BE HIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1979 ; 11-00-1987
__________, __________,(INSERT ANY NAME)
IF YOU ARE ABLE
GET YOUR ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE.
THIS IS NOT A HORSE'S STABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1976 ; 10-00-1987
GEOGRAPHY JOKE--DRUNKS
A DRUNK MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
OUTSIDE A BAR IN THE SMALL TOWN OF ALMONT. LATER WHEN
ASKED AT THE POLICE STATION WHY HE WAS ARRESTED, HE
ANSWERED THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW. THE OFFICER TOLD HIM
HE WAS CHARGED WITH BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY IN
A PUBLIC PLACE. TO THIS HE REPLIED, "I DIDN'T
KNOW ALMONT WAS PUBLIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
PRANKS
STICK SOMEONES HEAD DOWN THE PRIVY.
Submitter comment: ACTUALLY DONE AT CAMP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
Song
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog one day.
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog,
And his eyes went gunk, gunk, goo.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |