Funny old jokes: A collection of very old jokes, from the early 1900s – the early twentieth century. This is from an old book “Jokes for all occasions”. One interesting thing about the book is several of the jokes were blatantly racist (hopefully all of those have been removed). Another is that very very few of them would be considered funny today, but those few are jokes that are still around, only slightly modernized.
A QUESTION OF LOCALITY “Bobby,” said the lady in the tramcar, severely, “why don’t you get up and give your seat to your[Pg 339] father? Doesn’t it pain you to see him reaching for the strap?” “Not in a car,” said Bobby. “It does at home.” * * * HER SOFT ANSWER They had had … Read more
HE KNEW Mr. and Mrs. Smith had been invited to a friend’s for tea, and the time had arrived for preparing for the visit. “Come along, dearie,” said Mr. Smith to her three-year-old son, “and have your face washed.” “Don’t want to be washed,” came the reply. “But,” said mother, “you don’t want to be … Read more
