isa-normaladvance-1914-00022

Description:	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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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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