Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, December 1924 · page 48 of 71
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #67 — page 48: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief comedic sketches typical of 1920s satirical magazines: **"Question Is, Which Side?"** mocks naive cowboys who misunderstand football rules, prioritizing violence over the actual game—a joke about rural simplicity. **The cartoon** shows a waiter's confusion: a customer asks about "corn on the ear" (a food), but the waiter misidentifies it as a wart, playing on the homophone "ear/err." **"Dumb Dora"** references a popular comic strip character known for stupidity. The joke relies on readers recognizing that "Ma Jong" (the game) and "Pa Jamma" (pajamas) are puns, not real people. **"Southern Progress"** satirizes both aggressive salesmanship and rural gullibility—someone pitches a cotton gin as a great invention, and the prospect assumes "gin" means alcohol and wants bottles. **The final joke** uses innuendo: a man claims youth because he "feels like a two-year old," and when asked "horse or egg?" (implying he's acting like an animal or is simple-minded), the humor derives from double entendre about masculine virility.
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=[Farmyard Fun and Filosophy]= Question Is, Which Side? An old Yale player was teaching some cow- boys how to play football. He explained the rules and ended as follows: “Remember, fel- lows, if you can’t kick the ball, kick a fellow on the other side. Now let’s get busy. Where’s the ball?” “Oh, shucks!” exclaimed one of the eager cowboys. “Never mind the ball! Let’s start the game!” * * * WAITER, HAVE YOU CORN ON THE EAR NO, SIR; THAT’S A WART * * * * A Dumb Dora thinks that Ma Jong is the divorced wife of Pa Jamma. * * * * Southern Progress “I’d like to interest you in this cotton gin— the cotton gin, you remember, is one of the world’s greatest inventions.” “Is that so? Well, send me up a dozen bottles. I’ll try anything once.” * * * * “A man is never older than he feels, girlie, and just now I feel like a two-year old.” “Horse or egg?” =[43]=