Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2. No. 13, October, 1920: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and FilosophyVarious
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2. No. 13, October, 1920: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy
Various
American wit and humor -- Periodicals
=Dear Bilious Billy=--What would you write about if the country went
wet again and you didn’t have the dry reformers to poke fun at and kid
about?--=Reginald Pewter.=
We cannot tell a lie--we wouldn’t be able to write during the first few
weeks.
* * * * *
=Dear Whiz Bang=--My husband, a returned soldier, did not get home until
3 o’clock this morning. He said he was at the Fort all night playing
golf. Do soldiers play golf in the middle of the night?--=Worried War
Bride.=
Yes, Worried Wifie, they do. One of the favorite sports of the naughty
doughboy is the game known as African golf. Two galloping dominoes are
used in place of a small ball. Instead of the greens, the latrine floor
is usually garnished with greenbacks and set off in silver. “Big Dick”
and “Little Joe” act as caddies and there is more cussing at a “flock
of box cars” than a minister foozling a putt. I indulged in a friendly
game of dancing dominoes last night with my old buddy, Mr. “Eighter from
Decatur.” “Jimmy Hicks” and “Long Legged Liz” were there, but before I
got through I had “fever in the South” and “crapped” out several points
under par.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Bill=--Please tell me what is golf?--=Ignoramus.=
Well, Ig., golf is a game where old men chase little balls around when
they are too old to chase anything else.
* * * * *
=Dearest Billy=--What’s the difference between a bachelor and a
worm?--=Andy Gump.=
Somebody told me there was no difference--the chickens get them both.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Billy=--I have been married a year and am the mother of
triplets who are now three months old. My husband has asked me to take
dancing lessons this winter because he says he cannot afford to have any
more children and that dancing will keep one’s mind off maternal cares.
What do you think about it?--=Triple Trixy.=
Dancing’s all right, Trixy, providing you tango in the morning, fox trot
in the afternoon and hesitate at night. Fine exercise, I say.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Bill=--I am struggling with myself to keep from falling
in love with a handsome football player because I heard that football
players were so terribly rough.--=Troubled Tillie.=
Move to the South Sea islands where it’s too hot to play football, or
else to Norway where the summer sport is fishing and in winter it’s too
cold to fish.
* * * * *
=Dear William=--I recently met a cute little second lieutenant on the
train and am very anxious to get in touch with him. He said his name
was Joe Latrino and that he was in the Sanitary Corps. How may I find
him?--=Winsome Winnifred.=
Write to him in care of the Captain of the Head, U. S. Navy.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Billy=--What is the difference between Spanish Flu and
Spanish Fly?--=Swede Harriet.=
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