Isn’t he talking to both the brethren and the sistern?
Can’t say squaw.
Taketh my wife, if thee pleaseth.
Young Mistress Agatha wast so fat, she sitteth around the table!
Say what you will, it’s better than their version of karaoke night.
thou shalt spend eternity in yon pillory for some of these lines…
“I’ll be here all week. Please don’t forget to tip your brew wench!”
Jokes in the time of hysteria and witch hangings
“And verily I say unto thee, thou hast paid me no respect!”
“Take my strife. Please.”
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
H. L. Mencken
Tough crowd
In the days before humor was funny…
No Deer. Ass to high, run too fast.
Back then, it was okay to punch down.
And when there were witches in the audience, he really killed.
“Louder. More Presbyterian!”
Early ‘bombing in New Haven’.
It sounds like heavy sighing, but really they are laughing.
He should have a violin.
madison, wisconsin still has squaw bay in lake monona.
The audience likes the joke about as much as a modern ones do.
Variation on the old (really old) Henny Youngman joke (his signature line actually):
“Who was that woman I saw you with last night?” “That was no woman, that was my wife!”
Problematical these days but back then it was what it was.
B. Kliban
RAGs over 4 years ago
Isn’t he talking to both the brethren and the sistern?
Zykoic over 4 years ago
Can’t say squaw.
Cpeckbourlioux over 4 years ago
Taketh my wife, if thee pleaseth.
Kind&Kinder over 4 years ago
Young Mistress Agatha wast so fat, she sitteth around the table!
dadoctah over 4 years ago
Say what you will, it’s better than their version of karaoke night.
donwalter over 4 years ago
thou shalt spend eternity in yon pillory for some of these lines…
ForrestOverin over 4 years ago
“I’ll be here all week. Please don’t forget to tip your brew wench!”
Zebrastripes over 4 years ago
Jokes in the time of hysteria and witch hangings
coltish1 over 4 years ago
“And verily I say unto thee, thou hast paid me no respect!”
WaitingMan over 4 years ago
“Take my strife. Please.”
tony_n_jen2003 over 4 years ago
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
H. L. Mencken
kv450 over 4 years ago
Tough crowd
comixbomix over 4 years ago
In the days before humor was funny…
Rev Phnk Ey over 4 years ago
No Deer. Ass to high, run too fast.
Agapostemon over 4 years ago
Back then, it was okay to punch down.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 4 years ago
And when there were witches in the audience, he really killed.
mistercatworks over 4 years ago
“Louder. More Presbyterian!”
khcm1157 over 4 years ago
Early ‘bombing in New Haven’.
6turtle9 over 4 years ago
It sounds like heavy sighing, but really they are laughing.
tony_n_jen2003 over 4 years ago
He should have a violin.
trixnnort over 4 years ago
madison, wisconsin still has squaw bay in lake monona.
moondome over 4 years ago
The audience likes the joke about as much as a modern ones do.
sperry532 over 4 years ago
Variation on the old (really old) Henny Youngman joke (his signature line actually):
“Who was that woman I saw you with last night?” “That was no woman, that was my wife!”
Problematical these days but back then it was what it was.