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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHO DISCOVERED POLAND? THE ROTO ROOTER MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ROTO ROOTER IS A SEWER CLEANING COMPANY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHY DO POLISH DOGS HAVE SNUBBED NOSES? FROM CHASING PARKED CARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT IS A POLISH QUEER? A GUY WHO WOULD RATHER GO OUT WITH
GIRLS THAN GO PICK MUSHROOMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): QUEER: SLANG FOR HOMOSEXUAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT DOES IT SAY ON THE BOTTOM OF A COKE BOTTLE IN POLAND?
OPEN OTHER END.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): COKE: COCA COLA SOFT DRINK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT IS A POLISH COCKTAIL? A MUSHROOM IN A GLASS OF BEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT DID THE POLISH AIRPLANE INDUSTRY DO BEFORE AIRPLANES WERE
INVENTED? THEY MADE PARACHUTES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ANACHRONISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU SEE AN ORANGE SEWER PLATE ON THE
STREET? A POLISH HOWARD JOHNSON'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): HOWARD JOHNSON'S RESTAURANTS HAVE ORANGE COLORED TILE ROOFS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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TWO POLACKS BOUGHT A TRUCKLOAD OF WATERMELONS FOR A DOLLAR
APIECE. THEY THEN SOLD THE WATERMELONS FOR A DOLLAR APIECE.
AFTER COUNTING UP THEIR MONEY AND REALIZING THAT THEY MADE NO
PROFIT. ONE OF THE POLACKS SAID, "SEE, I TOLD YOU WE SHOULDA
GOT A BIGGER TRUCK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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IN WHAT PART OF THE PAPER ARE POLISH OBITUARIES PRINTED?
CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A POLACK WITH A FLOWER?
A BLOOMING IDIOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): BLOOMING: SLANG FOR GENUINE, VERITABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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THERE IS A CONTEST IN WHICH $2.00 IS THE FIRST PRIZE.
THE SECOND PRIZE IS A TRIP TO POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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THERE WAS A BLACK MAN JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON A MANHOLE COVER
SAYING, "49, 49, 49,..." WHEN A POLACK WAS WALKING BY.
THE POLACK SAID "WHY YOU DO THAT?" THE BLACK THEN REPLIED
"HERE, YOU TRY." THE POLACK DID AND WHILE HE WAS JUMPING, THE
BLACK PULLED THE COVER AWAY AND THE POLACK FELL INTO THE SEWER.
THE BLACK MAN THEN REPLACED IT AND BEGAN JUMPING ON IT AGAIN
SAYING "50, 50, 50,..."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO TRICKSTER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- NEGR BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHY ARE POLISH MOTHERS SO STRONG AND SQUARE-SHOULDERED?
FROM RAISING DUMBELLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): DUMBELL: SLANG FOR STUPID PERSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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HOW DO YOU MAKE POLISH SHISHKABOB? YOU SHOOT A FLAMING ARROW
INTO A GARBAGE CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT IS A POLISH SEVEN COURSE DINNER? A POUND OF BALONY AND A
SIX PACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): BALOGNA ; SIX PACK: SLANG FOR 6 CANS (USUALLY OF BEER) BOUND TOGETHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHO WAS ALEXANDER GRAHAM POLOWSKI? THE FIRST TELEPHONE POLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, INVENTOR OF THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A MIDGET WITH A POLACK?
A SHORT GARBAGE MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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WHAT DOES X X X STAND FOR? THREE POLACKS CO-SIGNING A NOTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLITERACY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
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HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE THE PROPERTY VALUES IN POLAND?
THE FARTHER FROM WARSAW, THE MORE EXPENSIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): WARSAW: CAPITAL OF POLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THERE WERE THREE POLACKS STANDING ON EACH OTHER'S SHOULDERS TRYING
TO MEASURE A FLAGPOLE.
A MAN PASSING BY YELLED UP TO THEM AND SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU
TAKE THE POLE, LAY IT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND MEASURE IT."
ONE OF THE POLACKS THEN SAID, "WE NOT WANT MEASURE LENGTH,
WE WANT MEASURE HEIGHT"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980