Comments on: Funny Bones, 1922

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:34:05 +0000

I’m glad these are still being giggled over …

Welcome back, Michelle! I had a link to your blog in the sidebar a couple of weeks ago — anybody who followed it knows why we haven’t heard from you for a while. What an adventure!

By: Maurine

Maurine — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:50:34 +0000

As usual, I have enjoyed the jokes. Many of them still remind me of my dad’s humor. Thanks.

By: Michelle Glauser

Michelle Glauser — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:08:37 +0000

Sorry I haven’t commented for a while. I’m still reading! Thanks for the laughs!

By: cantinflas

cantinflas — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:44:14 +0000

I figured he was saying (as in sarcastically) “Don’t worry, we’ll just turn the train around at the switch and go back for it.”

I definitely did not understand the hairpiece meaning of the term.

thanks!

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:27:45 +0000

What one: What town in NE Ohio? I grew up in Ahia too.

By: queuno

queuno — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:34:18 +0000

My paternal grandfather was a dedicated union man, a member of SLC’s finest (the FD). My mother’s family was decidedly pro-management (you never saw a group of more faithful Republicans to the point of defending Richard Nixon’s coverup, even if their party affiliation was originally assigned at Church).

I grew up in a heavy labor culture in NE Ohio but now live in an area where unionists are just slightly more tolerated than Redskins fans…

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:31:36 +0000

cantinflas — A “switch” is a small add-in hairpiece (a pony tail, a braid, or a small, partial wig to cover a balding spot), and is also the moveable intersection in a railroad that allows a train to be shifted from one track to a parallel one.

So it doesn’t matter that the passenger lost her false hair back there; she can pick up another one ahead (punning on the dual meaning of “switch”). yuk-yuk-yuk

Now, of course, I’m wondering what your 5% possibility was!

By: cantinflas

cantinflas — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:50:52 +0000

Please explain the joke titled “Quite Satisfying.” I think there’s about a 5% chance the meaning I came up with is right.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:32:59 +0000

I thought the union joke was fun, too. (Not that I’m anti-labor; this history of the movement is way too complex to reduce to a pro- or anti- stance on the subject. My favorite high school history teacher did a fascinating, even-handed section on the American labor movement.)

By: queuno

queuno — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:52:05 +0000

I laughed at the union joke, in spite of myself.