Comments on: Funny Bones, 1886

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:46:35 +0000

Heh, heh, heh. Eric, I am a sister fan of the vocative case.

By: Eric Boysen

Eric Boysen — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:13:14 +0000

When you take a syllable from monosyllable yoy do not get “no syllable,” you get “O Syllable” a plea for grace from the atoms of speech.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:44:27 +0000

Thanks to Researcher for sparing me the trouble of having to try Crabbe’s Tales. But, that LL.B. after the author’s name should have been enough to tip us all off–a lawyer telling stories??

And I just tried the largest species of ant question on my 6-year-old grandson. His reply: “What’s a species?” But his mother responded immediately: “A gi-ant.” She’s obviously spending too much time hanging out with pre-schoolers.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:17:08 +0000

My father-in-law would love the puns. I like the one about “borrowing” money.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:47:20 +0000

The notion of absent mindedness reminds me of the joke about the man who answered a phone call and was immediately asked what his phone number was.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:25:48 +0000

That literary young man at the party had not only poor verbal skills, but really bad taste in "literature." Crabbe's Tales is barely readable. In fact, the only readable part seems to be the quotes from Shakespeare preceding each awful attempt at poetry by the Reverend George Crabbe, LL.B., (bless his heart).

By: TrevorM

TrevorM — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:41:40 +0000

Lots of Irish Jokes. It is interesting to see how the funny bones follow the politics of the times they come from.