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22THE NORMAL ADVANCEJokesIf a bright idea should make you effervesce
With laughter, till you shake—
Dont say, I guess
I think, I might
Sit down and write
That joke tonight.
dont say, Someday, SomeAvhere, Some¬
how,
But hand it in and Do It Now.do. Load him up heavy Avith triggernometry.
Hes the only poor shot in the family.NoAt a recent joke-telling contest, Whack
Wright effervesced this one:A mother, who was a firm believer in Chris¬
tian Science, and her eight-year-old boy were
passing through a field wherein several goats
Avere grazing. When half way across the field,
a venerable male member of the goat family
ducked his head and started in hot pursuit of
the boy. The boy began to run and dodge.Why Willie! Stop running this minute,
shouted the mother. Dont you know that
youre a little Christian Science boy and that
the goat cant hurt you?Yes, mother, ansAvered Willie betAveen
puffs, I know Im a Christian Science boy and
—-(puff) and that the goat cant hurt me, an
you know—(puff) that the goat cant hurt me
— (Ooh). But mother—(puff) this goat doesnt
know a thing about Christian Science.A keen-eyed, but obviously scantily educated
mountaineer led his gaAvky, over-groAvn son into
a country schoolhouse.This here boys arter larnin, he announced.
Whats your bill o fare?Our curriculum, sir, corrected the school¬
master, embraces geography, physiology, arith¬
metic, algebra, trigonometry Thatll do, interrupted the father. ThatllSome people in this institution of knowledge
are not aware of the fact that Bert Ellis tried
to make the base ball team last spring. The
folloAving is an incident of the early training.
A practice game was started and Berts turn
to bat came round. He slammed the very first
ball with such genial generosity that it sailed
high over the center field fence. Bert leaned
on his bat and watched it.Why dont you run? shouted the rest of the
team.Bert grew indignant.Ive got two more strikes yet, he retorted.A certain young lady of this seat of learning
spent her summer vacation in the country. Her
name is withheld for her familys sake, as you
Avill doubtless agree it should be Avhen you see
Avhat happened.She chanced to cross a field alone one day
Avhen a frinedly coav ambled toward her. Too
terrified to run she pointed her parasol directly
at the intruder and in a stern but quavering
voice, said: Lie down sir, lie down.One hot day last summer Hahn was busily
engaged in repairing a puncture, fighting flies,
becoming wet with perspiration and consigning
the troublesome tire in question to an entirely
Avarmer climate, Avhen a Avell-meaning country
youth approached him with the inevitable
question:Gotta puncture, mister?No, no, son, Im just changing the air in
this tire. Its got stale and has lost all its elas¬
ticity and bounce. Your folks all well? |
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