Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, September 1921 · page 18 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #27 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a question-and-answer advice column featuring humorous responses to reader inquiries. The page includes: 1. **Women's fashion origins** - A joke that while styles start in Paris, "we finish 'em here" (America) 2. **Animal tail signals** - A serious-ish answer about pumas, deer, and horses using tails functionally, with a self-deprecating joke about lacking expertise in "tail technology" 3. **Platonic love definition** - A crude joke equating it to kissing a woman while "forget[ting] she is a woman," concluding "there ain't no such animal" 4. **Fatty Arbuckle reference** - A topical joke about the silent film comedian allegedly pleading insanity, with a quip that he's "been acting rather funny for several months" The humor is deliberately lowbrow and irreverent, typical of Whiz Bang's satirical style.