This was mentioned in our last examination of old postcards featuring round people, but it is largely borne out by this latest acquisition of postcards. These folks DO seem to know how to have a good time.
Last time, we discussed gentlemen in their fancy gaudy suits. The ladies, however, tend to go out to have fun at the beach, where what they wear seldom even has room for much of a pattern. (This artist, however, was probably just being prudent in not placing those polka dots on the top of her outfit.)
As with the men, there ARE occasionally comments about the sheer size of our protagonist. But these judgments are not always exactly the ones we might expect.
Well, okay, some jokes are so traditional in the world of postcard humor that we DID expect THOSE.
Even there, though, the verdict isn’t necessarily the one we’ve been conditioned to wait around for. One of the basic premises of jokes is, after all, the principle of surprise. (If you have not been following along in this space, the gag about finding shade is found far and especially wide on postcards about round women. Except the person taking shelter almost always finds it on the far side of our heroine.)
Nonetheless, onlookers are far less judgy than we were expecting about the body shapes they find on the beach.
In fact, now and again, we find a protagonist who would like people to be quicker to judge.
And, as mentioned hereinabove, everyone seems to be having so much fun, regardless of size and shape. Or even BECAUSE of size and shape.
You cannot convince me these ladies needed rescuing from the water, OR that the men thought they did for a single moment. They’re just playing around. (Unless those are ruby slippers she has on her feet, and he’s carrying her back to a yellow brick road somewhere.)
When someone DOES need rescuing, it isn’t our damsel who was in distress.
And the men who are not having good times with the large lady of their choice are those who can’t find one, and need to substitute.
It’s all about having a good time at the seaside, and the obvious happy ending involves one of those jolly snappy dressers from our last installment. And so they lived heavily after ever. (Yeah, I know. That joke was hardly worth the weight.)
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