Parsons High School - Norseman Yearbook (Parsons, KS)

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Humor DEGREES OF LEARNING Freshman: Huh? Sophomore: What? Junior: I didn't understand the question. Sftnior: 'I failed to comprehend the nature of the inquiry. Fenirrs were born for great things, Juniors were born for small. But sophomores-it's not recorded Why they were born at all. Sophomore: At which end of the car do I get off? Motorman: It doesn't make much differenceg I guess both ends stop. Who wrote Hamlet? inquired Sup- erintendent Hughes while examining thet school. Please sir, I didn't. said a very frightened lad. Later the superintendent was telling it to one of the members of the school board. Haw! Haw! he said. I bet the little rascal did it all the time. Daughter: Mother, why l1asn't papa any hair? Mother: Because he thinks so much, dear. Daughter: VVhy have you so much. Mother? Mother: Hun along and play now. STRANGE BUT TRUE What has four legs but only one foot? A bed. Some of these jokes are dry, And some. are pretty rareg But, if one happens to be about you, Just laugh and take your share. CALL A MECHANIC! A tourist was enjoying the wonders of California as pointed out by a na- tive. What beautiful grapefruit! he said, as they passoil through a grove of cit- rus trees. 'Oh, these lemons are a bit small, owinlg to a cznrparatively bad season, explained the Californian. And what are those enormous blos- soms? asked the tourist. Just a patch of dandelionsf' said the Californian. Presently they reached the Sacra- mento River, Al1,', said the tourist, grasping the idea. Somehody's radiator is leaking. When is a joke not a joke? Nine times out of ten. BOW! WOW! I've get to design a hot dog stand. What would you suggest as material? A rustic affair of dogwood covered with bark. If some of these jokes you don't under- stand, .Iust road them and be content, For the joke editor who accepted this brand, Ins in the same predicament. PHYSIOLOGY I've studied the body over, I got a hundred in my quizzg But still I confess I'm ignorant As to where the trombone is. First: How do you feel? Second: I just ate a bowl of oxtail soup and feel bully. First: Huh, I just ate some hash and feel like everything. PARSONS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Page Sixty-two

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Humor SQUASH HIM GENTLY Mary Markham: So you're using bal- loon tires mow? Anita Warden: Yeas, they are easier on the pedestrian. Mrs. Ilicketts tat 1 a. 111.51 Oh Bailey, wake up! I can just feel tl1ore's a mouse in the room! Bailey fdrowsilylr 'VVell, just feel 'there's a oat too, and go to sleep. Stranger: Do you have to see a doc- tor before you get liquor in this town ? Nativet: No, afterward. WEEK-END GUEST Margaret Stough: t'0ne of my ances- tors came over on the Mayflower. Mary Eleanor Dc-Longy: Uh, real- ly? How long is he going to stay? She: And what did father say when you told him you couldn't sleep for thinking of me'?', He: He, ofI'ered me a job night walchlnan in his factory. lst: t'So you met Alice today? 2nd: Yes, I hadn't seen her for ten years. lst: Has she kept her girlish figure?', 2nd: Kept it? Shefs doubled il! Clifford Bellahz Whash ya lookin' for? Cop: We're lookiifg for a drowned man. Clifford: Whash ya want one for? Mark Griggs: Waiter, has the lady at the next table paid her bill? Waiter: Yes sir. Mark: ' Good. Then I can lllillie eyes at her. ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE Millionaire Cto some of his protegesbz I owe all my success to only one thing: pluck, just pluck. Sagacious Questioner: How do you find the right people to pluck? Frances Campbell: I have only a minute to spare. Betty ltiszzerz Good, Tell met all you know. lst l3urglar's Wife: 'Wot's yer little laid goin' to be when he grows up? 2nd Burglar's Wife: Guess he's goin' to follow in the fingerprints of his old man. NEW STYLE LULLABYE Hush-a-by, baby preftly one sleep, Daddy's gone golfing to win the club sweep. lf he plays nicely-I hope that the will- Mother will show llllll her dI'CSS-lllllk- er's bill. Hush-a-baby, safe in your cot, Daddy's come home and his tempel' is hot. Cuddle down closer, baby of mine, Daddy went round in a hundred and nine. Fred Mundis: NVhat is tl1e greatest waterpower known to man? Mr. Allen Piatt: HXNOIIIZIIMS tears. A BOOMERANG Lodgor: 'This steak is like a cold day i11 June-very rare. Landlady: And your bill is like March weather-very unsettled. Senior: 'Did you ever take chloro- form? Sophomore: No, who teaches it? NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR Page. Sixty-one 99