Yes, it’s true: we have returned to our Monday of old jokes. For those teeming millions who have just joined us, these are selections from a quiz book I wrote eons ago, meant to test your knowledge of genuinely antique snippets of humor. (The first one here can be dated pretty specifically to theContinue reading “Love Makes the Head Go Round”
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High Tech, Bye Tech
Once upon a time, when I was young, I was given a digital watch. Digital wristwatches were a VBD (Very Big Deal), as this technology was still very new and seen only on the arms of those who were AOTC (Ahead of the Curve). It was such a new technology that, like most newContinue reading “High Tech, Bye Tech”
A Few More Lines
In the interests of full disclosure, which seems to be all the rage, I should let you know that I have by no means exhausted my supply of fishing postcards. The subject was a good seller, and cartoonists sought (though they failed at least as often as fishermen) to come up with a newContinue reading “A Few More Lines”
Fish Optional
Somewhere around number nine thousand six hundred thirty-seven on my list of things to worry about when I go to bed at night is the thought that a distant civilization of which we know nothing will one day come to Earth and, finding the inhabitants all dead from eating too much tapioca meat loaf,Continue reading “Fish Optional”
Angling for Adventure
I know how disappointed you were on Friday, thinking we had wrapped up our discussion of fishing postcards so soon. Well, be of good cheer, Pecan Chowder, we have not yet covered the full scope of the fishing postcard. (I’m not sure it CAN be covered at this point, as the pool of knowledgeContinue reading “Angling for Adventure”
Rabbit Hole Postcard
I know, I know. Calm down. We’ll get back to the ancient jokes one day, I promise. Maybe next Monday will do. But I have this postcard I listed for sale, and I was so impressed at the hoops it made me jump through, I wanted to get it all down on paper asContinue reading “Rabbit Hole Postcard”
Hook, Line, Stinker
In our last thrilling episode, as no doubt you recall, we discussed the extremely popular fishing postcard, and the tales it told of the success of the folks who dedicated their time and effort to the sport. Cards extolled the joys of heading out at dawn to return with quite reasonable (record-breaking) castches. Continue reading “Hook, Line, Stinker”
Jokes About Poles
I think the time has come to address the five hundred pound walrus in the room. There was a time, hinted at hereintofore, when people sent postcards the way we send texts: it was a quick, easy, cheap method of communication. But times changed. The number of postal deliveries declined, the price ofContinue reading “Jokes About Poles”
History Quiz
Ah, Monday, Monday. Time for another attempt to get some use from this book I composed once upon a time, asking for the punchlines to certain ancient, ancient jokes. The school year approaches. For many years, my school district observed a sort of gradual re-entry system, starting classes the Wednesday before Labor Day, soContinue reading “History Quiz”
Did They Mean That?
So in this column, I take my reputation as a scholar of elderly humor in my hands, and carry it gently through a minefield of postcards where I have to admit I may not be getting ALL the joke. Perhaps the publishers of these cards intended more naughtiness than is coming through, and perhapsContinue reading “Did They Mean That?”
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