Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humor advice column featuring jokes disguised as reader questions and responses. The satire targets courtship customs and social conventions of the 1920s era. Notable jokes include: - A practical joke about car "Stop" signals (the humor relies on implying manual hand signals for stopping) - A riddle about finding half a worm in an apple (dark humor typical of the era) - A jest about rented bathing suits being unsanitary, with Captain Billy's quip hinging on rental location - A joke about girls marrying too young but not staying married - A final gag about romantic rejection, suggesting the rejected boy visit on "Amateur night" (implying public humiliation) The column exemplifies working-class humor from this period, relying on wordplay and deflating romantic sentiment.