Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 65: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three humorous pieces from an American satirical magazine: **"Our Army Daze"** mocks military bureaucracy through a sentry's absurdly verbose special orders—a parody of military formality and unclear chain-of-command communication. **"Blankety Blank Verse"** by William Sanford presents domestic comedy: a husband caught in marital hypocrisy when his wife returns late claiming to have visited friend Cora, when he'd just spent the evening with Cora himself. The satire targets infidelity and mutual duplicity in marriage. **The closing adage** ("Even a fish won't get caught—if it keeps its mouth shut") reinforces the moral: silence protects secrets. These pieces exemplify Whiz Bang's focus on military life and domestic humor, using crude wit to appeal to working-class male readers of the 1920s-30s era.