{"id":33720,"date":"2019-07-15T19:29:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T03:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=33720"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:02:03","slug":"humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=33720","title":{"rendered":"A gallery of wonderful old humor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week’s posting is a gallery <\/strong>of wonderful cartoons from old New Yorker<\/em> magazines, accompanied by relatively old (1980) Readers Digest <\/em>jokes.<\/p>\n

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1930<\/em><\/p>\n

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“The people upstairs are very annoying,<\/strong>” complained the tenant. Last night they stomped and banged on the floor until midnight.” His landlord then asked, “Did they wake you?” Shaking his head, the tenant replied, “No. Luckily I was up playing the tuba.”<\/p>\n

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“Kind of makes one proud to be an American, doesn’t it?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Making America great<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0back in 1932.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1932<\/em><\/p>\n

Before the ICE Capades got started<\/strong>, the Statue of Liberty welcomed refugees with: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” However, as the cartoon points out, not all Americans in 1932 were welcoming when certain desperate people wanted to come here.<\/p>\n

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“I slept there once,” 1967<\/em><\/p>\n

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July 4 was a unique holiday<\/strong>. Where else but in America can you find people who are paying off a revolving charge account, a home-improvement loan, a 48-month car loan, and a 30-year mortgage, and still celebrating their freedom?<\/p>\n

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“Curiosity,” 1991<\/em><\/p>\n

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A philosopher went into a restaurant<\/strong> and ordered a chicken-salad sandwich and an egg-salad sandwich to find out which one came first.<\/p>\n

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“Mind if I put on the game?”<\/em>\u00a01986<\/em><\/p>\n

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A golfer sliced the ball<\/strong> from the tee over the hill into a valley. Hearing a yell, he dashed to the top of the hill to see a man lying unconscious below. When the golfer ran down to the man, the stricken fellow opened one eye and said calmly, “I’m a lawyer and I’m going to sue you for five thousand<\/em> dollars.” The golfer replied, “I’m so sorry, but I did yell “fore<\/em>.'” To which the lawyer responded, “I’ll take it.”<\/p>\n

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“During the next stage of my development, Dad, I’ll be drawing closer to my mother. I’ll get back to you in my teens.” 1991<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Little League coach<\/strong> told his young charges after a game, “Don’t take it too hard, fellas. Losing is no disgrace. The important thing is that you played hard and you played clean. You showed a lot of spirit, and your parents can be proud of their sons, just like the parents of the other team can be proud of their daughters.” At this one boy murmured to another, “I knew<\/em> he was going to rub it in.”<\/p>\n

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“Now, you wait right her while I go and ask my wife for a divorce.” 1985<\/em><\/p>\n

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When the Browns had a son<\/strong>, they decided they didn’t want a common name for the boy and so named him “Fantastic.” While growing up, their son hated the name, and as an old man on his deathbed, he asked his wife to leave “Fantastic” off the tombstone and just put “Brown.” His wife complied with his request but felt that Brown by itself was too plain, so she added, “During his marriage, he never looked at another woman.” Now, everyone who passes the tombstone murmurs, “Fantastic.”<\/p>\n

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I’ll sign off with three New Yorker<\/em> cartoons<\/strong> parodying some of the various ways that men and women may see things. As should be evident, the magazine’s humor today remains part of that whimsical tradition, which is one reason I subscribe.<\/p>\n

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1951<\/em><\/p>\n

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1976<\/em><\/p>\n

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1952<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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