Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1924 · page 67 of 71
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #57 — page 67: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* (a 1920s humor magazine) contains several unrelated jokes: **Top cartoon**: A visual pun about a mounted "deer" (likely meaning an attractive woman) in an office—the joke being she's mounted on a typewriter stool rather than being an actual taxidermied animal. It plays on double meaning and office flirtation humor common to the era. **"Nobody Home"**: A tongue-twister poem poking fun at muddled thinking—"if I think again, I'll write it down"—mocking absent-mindedness or forgetfulness. **"Short Story"**: A word-association joke listing rhyming pairs (male/female, kale/bale, ale/pail, etc.) that form a nonsensical narrative—humor based on absurdist wordplay. **Final joke**: A mildly suggestive one-liner about women's body size and fashion, referencing the 1920s "World's Fair" craze. The humor relies on physical comedy stereotypes typical of period magazines.
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62 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang "I have a dear in my office." "Mounted?" "Yes; on a typewriter stool." Nobody Home I thought a thought, but the thought I thought, Was not the thought that I thought I thought, And so I think, if again I think, I'll write it down with pen and ink. Short Story MALE FEMALE KALE BY BALE ALE BY PAIL SAIL FRAIL NAIL JAIL. The best place to hold the World's Fair: Round the waist.