Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #18 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three brief humorous anecdotes without illustrations: 1. **"Discounting a Discount"**: A real estate agent asks his stenographer to calculate a discount (2.5% off $50). When she refuses and leaves, offended, the joke suggests she felt insulted by being tested on basic math—or perhaps by the agent's clumsy attempt to hide his own mathematical incompetence. 2. **A one-line joke** about a Pullman porter's book on berth control (unclear reference). 3. **"Too Much Smell"**: Two characters with dialectal speech (Rastus and Mandy) joke about toilet water perfume. Rastus warns Mandy away from the shop window, then insults her by saying she already smells like "toilet water"—a crude ethnic humor typical of the era. The page represents *Whiz Bang*'s mix of workplace humor and period-appropriate (if offensive) racial comedy.