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The epitome of the non-sequitur gag, the elephant joke is the shaggy dog sto ry's direct descendant. Secretaries giggle over them, teen-agers torture their parents with them, scientists - laughing - regard them as an escape from an overlogical and overmechanical world.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fads: Elephants by the Trunk | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

Among the woollier samples: Q. How do you make an elephant float? A. With two scoops of ice cream, an elephant and some root beer.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fads: Elephants by the Trunk | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

It might be a long time between elephant rides for Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, 54, returning to Harvard after more than two years as U.S. Ambassador to India. Saying his goodbyes in New Delhi, the lanky professor paid a last visit with his family to the zoo, where they once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 19, 1963 | 7/19/1963 | See Source »

I am still wondering why you bothered to show an ass with an elephant in the background.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 21, 1963 | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

Silver Shekel. Zonas does meet Hannibal, during a Carthaginian parade through a hill town. Rushing out to save his strayed donkey from being trampled by an elephant, he is rewarded with a silver shekel from the African general instead of the swift death he expected. But the coin does not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: History Seen Small | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

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