Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, December 1924 · page 63 of 71
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This page from the satirical magazine *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* contains several short humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Now She Rolls Her Own"**: A young man gives his romantic interest Bull Durham tobacco (used for rolling cigarettes) after she repeatedly feigned garter problems to gain his attention—a crude joke about her manipulative behavior and his obliviousness. **Groundhog joke**: A simple pun where a schoolboy answers "Sausage" instead of the animal, playing on the edible nature of the word. **"Deuces Wild"**: A pun where telling a woman she'll "play the deuce" (cause trouble) if married becomes literal when she has twins (two of something). **"Dairy Farm Classic"**: A pun-based poem where a farmer names his daughter "Olemargarine" because he "hadn't any but her"—wordplay on margarine being butter substitute. **Final quip**: Observational humor about a working man losing appetite for his meals (provided as part of his wage). The humor is primarily pun-based and relies on double meanings rather than political satire.
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=[Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang]= Now She Rolls Her Own Some men are born fools, and never grow out of it. Young Sed Junkins, for instance. He took the Sweetest Young Thing for a country ramble. And three times she said: “Oh dear! my garter’s slipped,” and three times she fixed it. And then, next day, he did what not one man in a million would have done—gave her a package of Bull Durham. * * * “What is a groundhog?” asked a Robbinsdale teacher of her pet pupil. “Sausage!” shouted the boy. * * * Deuces Wild “I told Smith she’d play the deuce if he mar- ried her.” “What’s happened now?” “Twins.” * * * Dairy Farm Classic By Ole O. Margarine Brown has a lovely baby girl, The stork left her without a flutter; Brown named her Olemargarine Because he hadn’t any but her. * * * Gus says it’s mighty sad when a man loses his last friend, but it’s sadder when a man who works for his board loses his appetite. =[58]=