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This week we decided to feature an old Flame tradition. At the end of every issue they included a jokes page that featured funny sayings or cartoons. In the earlier editions this was called, “Just In Fun.” Many of the jokes are actually mini dialogues.
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/2″]August, 1952Boss: “I suppose you wish I were dead so you could spit on my grave?”Employee: “Not me I hate to stand in line.”July, 1952Teacher: “Harold, what are the three great American parties?”Harold: “Republican, Democrat, and cocktail.”May, 1952
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Bandaged-covered Joe lay in the hospital bed and spoke dazedly to his visiting pal:
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]“Wh-What happened?”“You absorbed too much last night and then made a bet you could fly out the window and around the block.”“Why didn’t you stop me?”“Stop you. I had $25 on you.”
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“Just in Fun,” then evolved into “Bits of Wisdom and Witticism,” which must have been a hit because it became a monthly occurrence throughout the rest of the 50s and 60s.
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]January, 1961“Every week for the past two years my mailman has delivered 50 pounds of muscle-building equipment to me.”“And now?” “Now I have the world’s most perfectly developed mailman.”February, 1956 (Drunk driving awareness before DUIs existed)
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The driver is safer when the roads are dry. The roads are safer when the driver is dry.
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Still, science had a little catching up to do…
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[vc_row animation=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]October, 1955Irate father: “I sacrifice everything I have so you could study medicine and now that you’re a doctor you tell me I have to give up smoking!”January, 1959Boy scowling at report card: “Of course I seem stupid to my teacher. She’s a college graduate.”September, 1960Modern music is the kind that is played so fast you can’t tell what classical composer it was stolen from.
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We’ll be bringing you more from the old Flames, thanks to Phil Hill for letting us borrow these pieces of history. Here are some covers from over the years, take a look at the dates!
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