Comments on: Funny Bones, 1934 (5) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/03/02/funny-bones-1934-5/ Where our past is never very long ago Fri, 24 May 2013 20:47:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carol http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/03/02/funny-bones-1934-5/comment-page-1/#comment-443946 Carol Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:28:21 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=11243#comment-443946 Got it. Thanks. Clever. Like “Time flies like arrows. Mediterranean flies like oranges.”

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/03/02/funny-bones-1934-5/comment-page-1/#comment-443391 Ardis E. Parshall Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:12:26 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=11243#comment-443391 The joke turns on whether “hides” is read as a noun or a verb.

If “cow hides” is a noun, then this is an advertisement that a particular type of hide (light native — presumably a tan-colored typical American cow rather than anything with more exotic coloring) is selling at the rate of 6 cents (per pound? each?).

If it’s a verb, then a light native cow is hiding/hoarding 6 cents, presumably shaved from the books. And therein lies the humor, ha ha. Look, a cow knows enough about the Depression to want to pocket an extra 6 cents, ha ha! {/sarcasm}

]]> By: Carol http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/03/02/funny-bones-1934-5/comment-page-1/#comment-443279 Carol Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=11243#comment-443279 Fun. But I don’t get the native cow one. I looked up “chisel” and it means to cheat or swindle. But that doesn’t help.

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