Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1922 · page 39 of 68
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This page from *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* (a 1920s-era humor magazine) contains brief jokes and quips typical of the era's satirical content. The humor relies on: - **Butchers cheating customers** by weighing their hand with the meat - **Prohibition-era drinking references** (a man won't shave without liquor) - **Irish immigrant stereotypes** (absurd ocean-crossing story) - **Gender dynamics**: women being "rude" for staring, then the twist that women dress to be looked at - **Sexual innuendo**: "Niagara" falls easily for men; tattoo wordplay (hares/hairs) suggesting body hair - **Absurdist humor**: killing someone with limburger cheese for smelling bad The page contains no political cartoons—just rapid-fire one-liners and joke exchanges reflecting working-class humor, consumer skepticism, and risqué double-entendres typical of American humor magazines during the 1920s Prohibition era.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 37 Our Monthly Special Ashes to ashes, sand to sand; please show me a butcher that won't weigh his hand. * * * I know a man who refuses to shave until he gets a drink of good liquor. He is now tripping on his beard. * * * Were you ever at sea? No, madam, I came over from Ireland in a wagon. How could you cross the ocean in a wagon? Why, my good women, I rowed over. * * * They All Do That I am wild, wild with glee; because I kissed my sweetheart, and she slapped me---That con- vinced me that she loved me. * * * Question Woman thinks that man is rude If he stares at skirt to knee, But, lady, do you wear it short Just for other girls to see? * * * My girl's name is Niagara. She falls for anybody. * * * The Villain They shot him with limburger cheese and then killed him for smelling bad. * * * He---My father has a rabbit tattooed on his arm. She---That's nothing. My father has hares all over his chest.