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”
Tag Archives: Postcards
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”
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?”
Yeah, They Meant That
Last week, we considered a few postcards from days gone by which might today be considered dirtier than they were originally intended. This was not meant to be some sort of argument that our ancestors were clueless when it came to sex. How do you think they got to be ancestors, after all? Continue reading “Yeah, They Meant That”
They Didn’t Mean It That Way
I hope we have established that our ancestors who sent (or at least bought) postcards were not babes in the woods. We have discussed what they thought about having a bear behind, and looked over those people admitted they had tired donkeys, or suggested you spank their donkeys. We have looked at a fewContinue reading “They Didn’t Mean It That Way”
YOUR Future
It is not often I feel I must perform a public service, and when I feel like that, I generally lie down for a while until the urge goes away. This is why I will never be a star on social media. But this postcard was such a strain to me I thoughtContinue reading “YOUR Future”
Poor Deluded Girl
In my ongoing quest for elderly humor in the world of postcards, U have run across many examples of what I call the Deluded Lover Gag. This involves someone, usually a young woman, who has not checked to see who has reached out for a personal touch, but simply assumes she knows the personContinue reading “Poor Deluded Girl”
Wait, What? II
In our last thrilling episode, we took up the question of postcards with slightly surprising content. U grew up being told, don’t you recall, that the nineteenth century was an era of repression and tight-lipped prudery which forbade books by male and female authors to sit on the same shelf (unless they were married.) Continue reading “Wait, What? II”
Wait, What?
When making one’s way through another world’s jokes, something we do here as we examine the comic postcards of a century or half century ago, it us important not to get too judgy. Roger Ebert stated once that it is not a critic’s job to say “That’s not funny.” No one appointed the criticContinue reading “Wait, What?”
Love Road
It has been oh, WEEKS since we have checked in with the Dutch Kids, so I thought we might revisit this social phenomenon of the last century. Doe newcomers, and for those with psychogenic amnesia whose brains have blotted out the information in self-defense, there was a craze beginning around 1910 for postcardsContinue reading “Love Road”
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