Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, October 1921 · page 49 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #25 — page 49: what you’re looking at
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This page contains brief, disconnected jokes and witticisms typical of 1920s satirical magazines. The humor targets: **Sexual/Gender Relations**: Multiple jokes mock courtship and gender dynamics—girls spending money on men's clothing, women becoming emotionally invested in romance novels, and the double standard of "fast" (sexually loose) versus "loose" (available) women. **Workplace Behavior**: A joke about a boss's stenographer laughing at his joke "until she almost fell off my lap" suggests inappropriate workplace intimacy, treated as humorous rather than problematic. **Laziness and Contradiction**: Absurdist humor about someone waking early specifically to have more time lounging around. The overall tone is cheeky and irreverent, poking fun at modern courtship, workplace relations, and human contradictions. Nothing suggests these are political cartoons—this is purely lighthearted social satire aimed at adult readers.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 47 Height of Speed Our idea of a fast guy is one who can turn out the light and get in bed before the room gets dark. * * * Why don't girls figure that it costs money to press trousers? * * * Our Book Review When a girl reading a novel begins to wet her lips, the hero and heroine are about to meet. * * * Girls will play fast and loose with men, We know; so what's the use? So first we'll hold the loose ones, then, We'll turn the fast ones loose. * * * The angels that fear to tread where fools rush in must miss a lot of fun. * * * A woman is not a heroine, Geraldine, just because she is dying for a man. * * * Ain't It Awful, Mabel! Our friend Hooper writes us that last fall he was in Alaska; went out to spend the evening with his best girl and didn't come back for six months. Some night, we'd say. " * * * Height of Laziness A fellow who gets up at five o'clock in the morning so that he'll have more time to loaf. * * * Har, Har, Ha! Heard a good joke this mornnig. Is it really a good one? Must be. My stenographer laughed until she almost fell off my lap when I told it to her. * * * A fast night makes a slow day. How well do I know it this morning.