Life, 1913-07-10 · page 39 of 44
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This short comic sketch satirizes the phrase "if the mountain won't come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain"—meaning if someone won't cooperate, you must adapt your approach. The joke: A bus conductor waits for a passenger who refuses to disembark at Westminster Abbey. When the conductor finally goes upstairs to investigate, the passenger says he wants to visit the Abbey but won't get off the bus. The conductor replies he can't bring the Abbey onto the bus for him. **The satire:** It mocks stubbornness and unreasonable expectations—the passenger wants the benefit (visiting Westminster Abbey) without the effort (actually leaving the bus). The title invokes the famous proverb to highlight how absurd this expectation is. This appears in *Tit-Bits*, a British periodical, explaining the Westminster Abbey reference and dry English humor typical of the era.
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