Life, 1928-02-23 · page 11 of 35
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**"Two Nice Boys Discuss Another"**: A dialogue between two men discussing their acquaintance Bert Bleep. They debate whether he's genuinely popular or merely succeeds with women through novelty and persistence. The humor lies in their circular reasoning—concluding he gets away with excessive behavior simply because he's "a novelty 'round here." **"The Tower of Babble"**: A satirical cartoon showing a radio transmission tower surrounded by chaotic text labels. The joke appears to criticize radio broadcasting's cacophony of competing messages and advertising—mocking the medium's tendency to overwhelm listeners with simultaneous, contradictory content. **"Weatherbound"**: Frank Romano's piece humorously depicts someone describing California weather in absurdly circular logic, emphasizing how "unusual" weather is "unusual"—satirizing meaningless small talk and weather-related conversation clichés.
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Two Nice Boys Discuss Another « HAT do you think of Bert Bleep?” “Oh, he seems to be a darn nice fella.” eah, I guess he’s all right.” cems to be a pretty bright guy.” “Yeah, I guess he makes plenty o° jack, all right.” “Seems to get away with girls y well.” h, I guess he does.” “Talks enough about it.” ‘Doesn't he, though !"” “Yeah—you'd think he was hot stuff.” “Well, I wonder how he really gets away with ’em.” “Well, the girls ‘round here go nuts about any new man in town.” “Yeah, that’s a fact, all right.” “He's rushing ‘em all, I guess.” “Yeah, he’s giving ‘em all a lot of time.” “I heard he'd told some one he couldn't decide which one to marry.” “Gosh, he hates himself, don’t he?” Tue Tower or Bansie Frienp: I see you've got some workmen at your house. Our cook has got the movie craze and she insists on having Mr. Susurss: Oh, no. Building an addition? her name on the front in electric lights. “Yeah, wouldn’t it give you a pain in the neck?” “You said it! I like him all right, but it beats me how girls fall for that kind of a guy!” “Well, anybody can get popular with girls by giving ‘em all a lot of time, especially if you're a new man in town. They all fall for a new gu Sure. The only reason he gets away with so much is because he’s a novelty ‘round here.” “Yeah. I guess that's it, all right.” “Well, he makes me sick. I can’t stand the guy.” “You said it. Neither can I.” Lloyd Mayer. Weatherbound! “LTELLO, Bill! Just came from California. Oh, the weather was quite un- usual. But that was un- usual. It's generally fine weather. That's the usual thing. That's what makes it unusual. The fact that it’s usual. But this unusual weather isn’t usual. It’s un- usual. Very unusual. This unusual weather isn’t usual like the unusual weather that is usual. That's why it's so unusual. But this un- usual weather won't last long; then we'll enjoy our usual weather, which will be unusual weather, but not un- usual.” Frank Romano. How to Get in the Penitentiary IVE a chorus girl a bath. Have contempt for the U. S. Senate. Be elected Governor of Indiana. ORADO TAFT, the sculptor, is discussing plans for a ‘dream museum” in Chicago. It will be a fine place to store the presidential ambitions of Mayor Thompson. “You say he has savoir faire?” “Yes, but he never knows what to do with it.” comicbooks.com