Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1922 · page 49 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #31 — page 49: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* (a 1920s-era humor magazine) contains several distinct joke types typical of the era: **"The Rolling Stone"** is a sentimental poem about wanderlust and restlessness—the desire to always seek what lies beyond the next horizon. It's likely satirizing romantic notions of the vagabond lifestyle. The remaining content consists of brief jokes: - A pun on "mousetrap" being "snappy" - A double entendre about a woman's affairs being in "good shape" as she dresses - A dark humor joke about railroad ties (used for suicide) as "neckwear" for trainmen - A suggestive joke implying a modest girl won't look at her house's "weather strip" (likely a euphemism) The humor relies on wordplay, sexual innuendo, and crude jokes typical of this magazine's irreverent style. There are no identifiable political figures or caricatures on this page—it's primarily satirical humor targeting social conventions and using double meanings common to 1920s-era "men's magazines."
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 47 The Rolling Stone The reason I never can quit the road Is a reason that's plain and clear; It's because no matter where I may stop And whether it's far or near, There is a place beyond the place I am Wherever I may be at, And then beyond is a place beyond, And the world beyond all that. And as long as a man has eyes to see And a brain that wants to know, I figure there are things he's bound to miss If he doesn't go on and go. For there's always a place beyond that place I happen to hand my hat; And another place beyond that place And the world beyond all that. * * * “Did you hear the one about the mouse-trap?” “No.” “Well, it’s snappy.” * * * A fool and his honey are soon mated. * * * “I’m glad my affairs are rounded into good shape,” said the pretty young thing as she pulled on her stockings. * * * You Can’t Tamper Heard about the classy new neckwear for trainmen? They say these railroad ties are quite the rage. * * * “Is she a very modest girl?” “Very—she won’t even look at the weather strip on the house!”