The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Jokes

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Dirty Old Man: "To the woods, to the woods"

Young Lady: "But I am not twenty-one."

Dirty Old Man: "You aren't going there to vote."

Data entry tech comment:

entered by TRD

Where learned: Massachusetts ; Framingham ; D' ; Aoust, Ron

Keyword(s): Rape ; SEX

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Play on Words

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A contraceptive is a labor-saving device.

Submitter comment:

A joke he had remembered from work.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs and Bn added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional. Do not file yet.

Where learned: D' ; Anna, Ben

Keyword(s): CHILDBIRTH ; Contraceptive ; Labor ; PUN ; SEX

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Play on Words

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There was a man who was bothered by the idea of how porcupines have sex. He even went so far as to ask a zoologist. He was told "Carefully, very carefully."

Submitter comment:

He had heard it from a friend.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.

Where learned: D' ; Anna, Ben

Keyword(s): HUMOR ; Porcupine ; PUN ; SEX ; Zoologist

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