Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, January 1921 · page 62 of 68
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This page contains four bawdy limericks typical of *Whiz Bang*, a satirical magazine known for crude humor. The jokes target: 1. **Art Creek bohemian**: Mocks artistic pretension—a man in fashionable batik fabric claims his suffering is trendy ("the very last shriek"). 2. **Mary and Larry**: A double-entendre about young lovers "tarrying" in the park after dark—euphemistic for sexual activity. 3. **Aster and the bullock**: A man's sweater irritates a wild bull, which chases him—likely innuendo about masculine inadequacy or sexual performance. 4. **The sculptor**: A joke about an artist making nude female statues without undergarments. A "kind-hearted Madam" provides "Ypsilantis" (women's undergarments)—satirizing both artistic pretension and sexuality. The humor is deliberately crude and juvenile, reflecting *Whiz Bang's* appeal to soldiers and working-class readers seeking irreverent, sex-adjacent comedy that mocked both artistic elites and social conventions.
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60 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Luscious Limericks There was a young man from Art Creek, Who went around dressed in batik, When they asked, “Are you well?” He replied, “Ain’t it hell? But in Art it’s the very last shriek.” * * * Another young chicken named Mary Was in love with a youngster named Larry, And when it was dark They went to the park, And there they did tarry and tarry. * * * There was a young feller named Aster Who went in a wild bullock’s pasture; The sweater he wore Made the poor bully sore, And so he ran faster and faster. * * * A sculptor made nymphs and bacchantes, Omitting the coaties and panties, Till a kind-hearted Madam, Who knew where they had ’em, Donated some warm Ypsilantis.