Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, December 1924 · page 23 of 71
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This page collects brief humor pieces typical of 1920s satirical magazines, targeting rural and working-class American life: **"Deacon Miller" anecdote**: A Robbinsdale (Minnesota) man exploits a bartender's sarcasm by taking him literally—ordering a full beer glass of whisky at single-drink price. The joke mocks both the customer's opportunism and the bartender's failed verbal trap. **"Olaf Tries Poetry"**: Ethnic humor featuring a Scandinavian character. The poem sentimentalizes a woman's embrace in deliberately overwrought terms, poking fun at romantic pretension and ethnic stereotyping common to the era. **Rural school joke**: Dark humor suggesting a butcher would react to danger (a bear) with appetite rather than fear. **Proverb/domestic dialogue**: Plays on "two heads are better than one" by substituting "warmed" (bodies). The final exchange depicts a maid's mistress unknowingly giving away a nightgown the maid's husband prefers—lowbrow humor about marital dynamics and class relations. **Plumber hint**: Practical wordplay about tools. The page reflects 1920s working-class humor: ethnic stereotyping, sexual innuendo, and small-town anecdotes.
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[Farmyard Fun and Filosophy] Deacon Miller Tells This One In the good old days a Robbinsdale sport used to sidle up to the bar and fill a beer glass with whisky, instead of the customary small one. On one occasion, proffering his dime the bartender gave him back a nickel, sarcastically saying that he made a discount on wholesale transactions. The man returned the nickel and said: “Then I’ll take another drink, same size.” * * * Olaf Tries Poetry When Hulda hugs, oh gosh, oh gee! She throws her arms out far apart; A joy-bird flitters in your heart; For once in life you’re sure on deck; She reaches twice around your neck When Hulda hugs. * * * In Our Rural Route School When the big black bear stared in the butcher’s face, our meat man licked his chops. * * * Our Monthly Perverted Proverb TWO WARMED IS FOUR ARMED. * * * “You can have that pink night-gown, Liza; I shall not wear it again.” “Dat’s nice, missis, thank you. It am de very one my man likes me in best.” * * * Household Hints Pete, the plumber, insists that no kit of plumbing tools is complete without a can opener. =[21]=