Judge — March 12, 1932 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE QUEERIES Answered by Prof. G. Williams Q: Wuy do trolley-car motormen their bells at nothing ? R. Cooley, Ann Arbor, Mich. A: Motormen do not exactly ding their bells at nothing Before a mo- nis hired he must pass a special nation test in which he must prove his ability to visualize a truck or pedestrian in front of his car at anytime. This keeps the bell dinging constantly and the motorman con- tented. The greatest bell dinger on record is Herman Zach of Chic . who, on March 14, 1928, dinged his bell at an imaginary dray for eight hours, fourteen minutes, during which time the ear did not exceed a speed of three miles per hour. Q + How many letters are there in a can of alphabet soup?—R. Woodroofe, Cambridge, Mass. A: Each can of alphabet soup con- tains enough letters to spell QWER- TYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBMN twice, or 52 in all, When the can has been handled roughly in transit it is also likely to contain ¢ das, periods, quotat marks and other punctua- tion due to cleavage. Q: Waar really happens to old safety razor blades?—K. G. Patrick, Schenectady, N.Y. “Going my way?” A: The history of the average blade is as follows: After it has been used from one to five times it is (a) thrown into the medicine cabinet, where (b) it soon becomes dusty; it is then (c) used again as a stop-gap by a forget- ful shaver and (d) left on the wash- stand for several days, after which (c) it is pried loose and (f) secreted in the trash where (i) it nicks the unsuspecting trash collector who (h) accidently drops the ashean all over the sidewalk and (i) loses the blade down the sewer. No one knows what happens to the blades. that are dropped into the slots provided for them in Pullman washrooms: Sword swallowers eat their old blades. (Professor Williams will pay $1 We've arranged for the St. Patrick's Day parade to mar-rach for all Queeries acceptable for answer past th’ Communists’ Headquarters.” in this department.) comicbooks.com