Word: jokes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...force issued to his henchmen stout planks bristling with nails. "Throw these," said he, "before speeding motor cars. If they cannot stop, their tires will be sorely, multitudinously punctured." A scientifically infallible method of testing brakes! The Prefect's regulations included instructions to chauffeurs and coachmen not "to joke among themselves in unseemly manner or indulge in obscene remarks...
...recent issue the Lampoon published an alleged joke, in which, over the legend, "The Only examination which a Radcliffe girl can't pass," was portrayed a young lady looking into a mirror...
...Just Another Joke...
...dealing with the topic of "Humorists, and How They Get That Way," Mr. O'Hara said. "Joke-making is as mechanical as any industry today. Making a joke is just like making is as mechanical as any industry today. Making a joke is just like making a Ford...
...Just as all dramatic plots can be traced back to one of the original 35 plots, so every joke leads back directly to one of the 40 standard kinds of jokes. Every humorist deals in old goods, and this is why he acts so flippantly--he is merely trying to convince the audience that his joke is a new one. This also is the only reason why jokes are built up carefully before they are sprung...