Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, February 1922 · page 52 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #30 — page 52: what you’re looking at
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This is a collection of brief humorous one-liners and short jokes typical of 1920s American comic magazines. The page contains no political content or caricatures—rather, it's a compilation of everyday absurdist humor targeting rural and working-class life. The jokes mock simple people through exaggeration: a farm boy gets punished for *not* working, a drunk man confuses who needs help getting to bed, a job listing absurdly requires tools unrelated to driving. The "Oregon Gal" poem uses homespun verse to tease an awkward girl dressed up. A pun about fish having "minnows" appears alongside observations that musicians "just play" at work and towns that don't bury their dead. These represent typical lowbrow humor of the era—folksy, punny, and relying on mild social embarrassment rather than sharp satire. The appeal was to rural and working-class readers who recognized these everyday scenarios.
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50 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang We Found These Woids “Why, honey, I love you with an equatorial passion that no adding machine can register.” * * * Oregon Gal There she goes on her toes, All dressed up in her Sunday clothes, Ain’t she neat, ain’t she sweet, She has brand new stockings, And nice big clumsy feet. * * * There are a lot of towns in this country that don’t bury their dead. They just let ’em walk around. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Fish wish to announce the arrival of a couple of bouncing minnows. * * * Musicians have an easy job. While they’re at work they’re only playing. * * * I asked the boy across from my farm what he got for planting potatoes. He said, “I don’t get nothin’ when I do, but I get hell when I don’t.” * * * I got a fellow so drunk last night that it took three bell boys to put me to bed. * * * Wanted: Man to drive. Must bring ham- mer and nails. * * * Hey, Eddie! Eddie was great at a party. In fact, you couldn’t have a party without him. He was a great mixer.