The Archive · 1938

American Howlers

A PUNCH bowl is the place where prize fights are staged.

Realism deals with life as it is—romance is sometimes possible but not often profitable.

Justifiable homicide is when a woman kills her husband.

Mineral wool is from a the shearings hydraulic ram.

Illiteracy is one of the most common figures of speech. 5

Homicide is when a man kills himself in his own home.

A sirloin is the only article of clothing worn by Gandhi, the leader of India.

A lullaby is when a guy wants to get out of telling the truth and he makes' up an' excuse.

Three results of the battle of Saratoga in the Revolution War, were that some were killed, some were wounded, and some weren't hurt zt all

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