Judge, 1923-12-22 · page 27 of 36
Judge — December 22, 1923 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate jokes from British satirical publications, all poking fun at everyday incompetence and forgetfulness: 1. **Top left**: A dentist's waiting room where patients are given comic papers to pass time—satirizing the common practice of using cheap entertainment to distract anxious patients. 2. **Top right**: A telephone operator who is so distracted by her new flat that she forgets phone numbers—mocking absent-mindedness among service workers. 3. **Bottom**: A builder ("Jerry Builder") complains to his merchant that defective putty has caused structural damage—satirizing poor workmanship and shoddy building materials, common complaints in the construction industry. All three jokes target professional negligence and everyday frustrations, using caricatured figures to highlight social irritations familiar to the magazine's British readership.
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“The dentist won’t keep you waiting long, sir—just amuse yerself wi’ The telephone operator forgets the these ’ere comic papers.”—London Opinion. number of her new flat!—London Mail, \ Jerry Builder (to his merchant)—I told yer that last lot of putty wasn’t up to sample. Now look what’s happened.—Humorist (London).