Judge, 1929-02-02 · page 4 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humor pieces rather than political cartoons. The main items are: 1. **"A New Expression Wanted"** - A linguistic humor piece proposing "Whoopee" as a new dictionary word to describe morning-after feelings. The author (R. C. O'Brien) argues existing words like "zowie" are insufficient and invites readers to submit alternatives. 2. **Three brief jokes**: About Uncle Hiram's difficulty using a telephone booth, "the laziest guy in the world" rejecting a calendar, and a convict asking a warden for a favor. 3. **"Ahh—moving again, Mrs. Carp?"** - A cartoon showing a District Street Cleaning Department truck arriving at a residence, humorously suggesting the woman and her belongings are being removed as "street cleaning." The humor is mostly observational and wordplay-based rather than political satire.
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JUDGE “Yes, Fifi, it's a Rembrandt!” A New Expression Wanted “Whoopee” is a very expressive word, but its companion is needed. Or, rather, its complement. That is, there ought to be some word or expression whoopee makers might use to describe their feel- ings on the morning after. might do, and there y others in use. Most of them, however, while they fill the bill, are not in the dictionary, and can't be put in it, not in the fam- ily dictionary anyway After you've | saying “Whoopee!” all evening, what do you say the first thing when you wake up in the morning, or when- ever it is you do wake up? That's the word we want. rnd in as many as you like; maybe a com- posite of all of them will do. You can get the answer out of your head, and the more it aches the better it will be. —R. C. O'Brien are Every man has something ap- proaching a skeleton in the closet, if it’s only an old, forgotten pair of bones. The soprano who used to send herself bouquets every time she gave a concert is now broadcast ing and sending stamped, self addressed applause cards to all her friends. Chin Whiskers and All Uncle Hiram from the country went into a booth to phone yes- terday on his visit to the city but couldn't get his number. In fact, he couldn't find the pt but he says he really couldn't get mad about it, beeause when he out they handed him a strip of photographs of himself. RC. 0 The Laziest Guy in the World We know the laziest guy in the world. He's so lazy he objects strenuously to the adoption of a thirteen-month calendar simply because it would mean he'd have to tear one more leaf off the eal endar every year. He Got the Job Convict TI1—If you're going to put me to cracking stones, I wish you'd grant me one favor. Warden—What is it? “Lemme start in on that stone wall over there.” Reporter—We understand you have given a million dollars to the Home for Stray Cats. Philanthropist—Yes—1 did it for the kitties. comicbooks.com