Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, June 1921 · page 46 of 67
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #21 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several short satirical pieces typical of 1920s American humor magazines: **"Budd's Bundle of Bunk"** jokes about an elderly woman's naïveté after her first car ride—she interprets abandoned vehicles as evidence of widespread crashes, not realizing people simply parked them. **"Omar Up To Date"** is a Prohibition-era joke about bootleggers: it questions what inferior product bootleggers purchase that's "half as vicious" as the low-quality alcohol they sell—implying bootleggers deal in dangerously adulterated liquor. **"Blank Verse"** is a gentle joke about courtship: Emil wanted alone time with Clara to pick flowers, but her brother's presence meant the romantic gesture became a group activity instead. **Mrs. Bloolaw's segment** (incomplete) appears to be setting up another joke, though it's cut off. The humor reflects 1920s concerns: early automobile culture, Prohibition enforcement and black-market liquor quality, and dating customs with chaperones.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 45 Budd's Bundle of Bunk BY BUDD L. McKILLIPS “My,” said the old lady after her first night auto ride into the country, “the people who fix automobiles will make a lot of money tomorrow. Every few blocks there was a car standing with nobody around it. It was so dark that I couldn’t see if they were smashed up, but I guess the people must have walked back to town.” * * * Omar Up To Date What is it the bootlegger buys One-half so vicious as the stuff he sells? * * * Blank Verse EMIL ASKED CLARA TO TAKE A WALK WITH HIM AND PICK FLOWERS, BUT CLARA’S BROTHER CAME ALONG, AND SO THEY PICKED FLOWERS. * * * Mrs. Bloolaw laid down her newspaper with an angry snort. “I see where they are talking about