It’s an old phrase similar to put your foot in your mouth. The gag is he got Mutt to admit he didn’t know what a shoe was for setting up the punch line. It’s a play on words between the literal meaning of putting your foot in it (the shoe) and putting your foot in it (admitting you don’t know what a shoe is for). Definitely 1940s humor :)
eric stott over 14 years ago
i don’t get it
bcarstensen1 over 14 years ago
Thank you, neither did I!
fastvega over 14 years ago
1940’s humor, I guess.
jppjr over 14 years ago
Put your foot in your mouth?
folklegendredux over 14 years ago
It’s an old phrase similar to put your foot in your mouth. The gag is he got Mutt to admit he didn’t know what a shoe was for setting up the punch line. It’s a play on words between the literal meaning of putting your foot in it (the shoe) and putting your foot in it (admitting you don’t know what a shoe is for). Definitely 1940s humor :)
brklnbern over 14 years ago
Today the hat would represent many a state, with maybe a black sombrero for all the states harboring illegals
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
The Spanish version made sense……….
BigBobzilla over 14 years ago
It’s a bad joke. That’s whey trew da bum out!
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
Old joke:
“If Mississippi lent Missouri her New Jersey, what did Delaware?”
“I don’t know; Alaska.”