Comments on: The Joke’s on Us (3) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/04/the-jokes-on-us-3/ Where our past is never very long ago Sun, 19 May 2013 15:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: kevinf http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/04/the-jokes-on-us-3/comment-page-1/#comment-56494 kevinf Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:34:55 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=11456#comment-56494 The New Zealand clipping was the only one that I thought even mildly amusing, especially as it had to do with prohibition, if I am understanding it correctly. The note that he “objected to females voting on the prohibitive clauses” gave me a little chuckle.

The rest were, as you noted, tedious.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/04/the-jokes-on-us-3/comment-page-1/#comment-56458 Ardis E. Parshall Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:35:45 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=11456#comment-56458 Yeah, they’re typically tedious stereotypes, aren’t they? All the more extraordinary that Artemus Ward could be so charming with the same basic material.

Y’all’ll be glad to know this exhausts my current store of Mormon jokes.

]]> By: Researcher http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/04/the-jokes-on-us-3/comment-page-1/#comment-56446 Researcher Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:21:38 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=11456#comment-56446 Somehow I didn’t find these too particularly humorous. For example, although it’s precisely the same subject matter, the story “Domestic Troubles of a Mormon” doesn’t have the light touch of the funny Artemus Ward story you recently posted. But it sure is interesting to see the comparison.

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