Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 18, March, 1921: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and FilosophyVarious
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 18, March, 1921: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy
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American wit and humor -- Periodicals
=Dear Captain Bill=—Who was the first jockey?
Eve. Adam entered her in the human race.
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=Dear Whiz Bang Bill=—If a flivver ran over a farmer’s rooster, what
would he be out?—=Artie Choke.=
Nothing that I know about, except possibly his rooster would be out a
foot or two.
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=Dear Captain Billy=—Who was the world’s greatest female
juggler?—=Soubrette Sue.=
Nat Goodwin.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Billy=—What is the meaning of the word “flapper?”—=June
Peas.=
Flapper is usually applied to a girl who flaps.
* * * * *
=Captain Bill=—I am a wrestler and a very light sleeper, my wife snores
likell. What would you recommend to stop her sonorous snores?—=Ima
Snoozer.=
Use a strangle hold.
* * * * *
=Dear Skipper Bill=—What is meant by the expression “A silent
partner?”—=Gangrene Gertie.=
A woman’s husband.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Bill=—What makes the human race?—=Hammond Eggs.=
Men and women chasing each other.
* * * * *
=Dear Skipper Bill=—What’s the difference between a cow and a baby?—=Dunn
O. Nuttin.=
Well, a cow drinks water to make milk, while a baby just drinks milk.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain Billy=—How can I keep my husband home at night?—=Worried
Newlywed.=
Take five pounds of fusel oil, two pounds of prunes and one pound of
raisins, put it in a five gallon crock. Then for nine dreary evenings,
sit beside the crock and gently lift up the cheesecloth cover and hold
communion therewith. It will sing a song to you in peculiar fashion,
reminding you of the olden days when you put the parlor sea shell to
your ear to hear the wild waves roar. You’ll hear Eva Tanguay singing “I
Don’t Care.” When the tenth day has come to pass, strain the contents of
the crock into bottles and then you can telephone your husband’s drug
store and tell him to come home. You should have no further trouble in
retaining his company.
* * * * *
=Dear Captain=—What’s the difference between a sea gull and a
baby?—=Flipflop Flapper.=
A sea gull flips along the shore, while a baby slips along the floor.
* * * * *
=Dear Skipper Bill=—Don’t you think that giving up drinking will assure a
longer life?—=Repentant Soak.=
Perhaps you’re right. I once gave it up for 24 hours and it was the
longest day I ever lived.
* * * * *
=Dear Farmer Billy=—As an honest tiller of the soil, perhaps you can tell
me the difference between an apple and a girl?—=Ann Arbor.=
Sure, you have to squeeze an apple before you can get cider. But with a
girl, you have to get “side” ’er before you can squeeze her.
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