Not So Rare Calf Or Island Visit Quip
A humorous exchange frames a farmer claiming a two legged calf while a neighbor mocks the idea. A final quip ties in a wartime island reference indicating a light, colloquial column tone.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1946
Page
6
Rookie and sergeant riff on a bird and a boid
A Brooklyn rookie mispronounces a bird as boid prompting the sergeant to correct him. The exchange shifts to a quip about a girl calling someone a bum and the punchline parallels atom bomb humor.
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Brooklyn
Mildred
Alice
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Farmer Jones
Bill
Pacific
Island
Dull—Alcatraz
SOX
Bobby
Marty Links
Roland Doe
Nancy
By Ernie Bushmiller
Ater
Matt and
Jeff
RY Bud Fisher
Papa
Little Reggie
Margarita
Come ON
Rumpus
By Arthur Pointer
Gene Byrnes
Sonny
Yessir
Virgil
By Len Kiei
Dop
Donna
Jef
Hayes
Deaves
Jofischer
Mopsy Ky
Gladys Parker
Essex
Cladys Tmr
By C. Kessler
Damnition
Joe Martin
Tenmile
Toa
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Wawedsburg
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