Economy High School - Senior Annual Yearbook (Economy, IN)

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WHAT ' S The Joke? r.ov — Can a person be punished for something he didn ' t do? Teacher — ( )1 course not. I ' .oy — Well. I haven ' t done my Geometry. How do you, sir? ' exclaimed the pistman as he greeted the auctioneer. I do as I am I)id, answered the auctioneer. Much the same here. rejoined the postman. I do as I am directed. Captain — This coffee tastes like mud. Orderly — Well, the kitchen squad said it w as ground this morning. I sav. doctor, did you ever doctor another doctor.- ' ( )h. yes. Well, tell me this, does a doctor doctor a doctor the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor the other doctor in his own way ? ' Teacher — Johnnie, do you know where shingles were first used. ' Jolumie (modestly) — I ' d rather not tell. Harry — Tt doesn ' t pay to hurt people ' s feelings, you know. I ' riend — ( )h, I don ' t know, the dentist makes good money at it. Teacher — Johnnie, what is a cube? ' ' Johnnie — . cube is a solid enclosed with si.x square planes. ' ' Teacher — Harold, what is a cone? Harold — ■■. cone is a funnel with ice-cream in it. I have lived on an apple a day for six months. That is nothing. I have lived on dirt all my life. Teacher — Describe water. Hoy — Water is a white fluid that turns Iilack when we put our hands in it. Clerk — Xow, see here, boy, I can ' t spend the whole day showing you penny tuys. Do you want the earth with a little red fence around it for a penny? l!oy — Let me see it. The touring car liad turned upside down, burying the motorist under it, but the village offi- cial was not to be turned from his duty. It ' s no use hiding there, sir, he said, I must have your name and address. Customer — Send up fifty cents worth of bacon. Shopman — Anything else? Customer — Yes, if my wife is not at home have the bo - put it through the kev hole. Two Jews in a street car. First Jew — I have just come from New York, the Irish are as thick as hops there. Second Jew— I have just been down to Saratoga and that jjlace is thick with Irish too. Wish I coulfl get where there were no Irish. Mrs. Flannigan (across the aisle) — Go to h — 1 and you will find no Irish there. 40

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Teacher If there were ten sheep in a field and seven jumped out, how many would be left? Edgar — Xone. Teacher — ' How do you get that? Pdgar — You may know arithmetic alright, but you don ' t know sheep. Rank Cashier — You will have to be identified. Ladv — My friend here will identify me. Cashier — But I don ' t know her. Lady — Oh. I will introduce you. Customer — How can vou make money on this suit if you pay twenty dollars and sell it to me for fifteen? Jew — Oh. I make a jirofit because I sell so many suits. Stranger — I understand that measles have broken out here. Citizen — Yes. but our marshal caught ' cm Miss Shera — Why is a Ford like a school room? fary B. — I don ' t know. Why is it? Miss Shera — It ' s a bunch of nuts with a crank in front. ' hat a beautiful night, exclaimed Gertrude to her escort. Xo moon. Mrs. Bishopp — Please explain the three-fifths compromise. Anna B. — That was when it took three negroes to make a white man. .Mrs. Bishopp — This is the worst theme in the class and I am going to show it to your father. Thomas — I don ' t care, he wrote it. Mrs. Bishopp (well versed in the English language) — Tt is said that sugar is the only word in which ' su ' is pronounced ' sh ' . Raleigh — Sure. .- certain heavy-set man was on a local train one morning, and at a station determined to get off and buy a .sandwich to appease his hunger. Unfortunately, the train pulled out before time and this man was just a few seconds late, running wildly up the track after the retreating train, he shouted, I-lf)ld on, hold on, ye ' ve got a ])assenger aboard that yer leaven ' behind. . ccjllcction is being taken tn Iniy Edwin Frazer the ])ook entitled Don ' t be Stung by Any- thing but a l ee. -m 42