Humor has been around for a long. long time. Here is some of my favorite jokes from the early 1900′s:
“Pa,” said little Joe, “I bet I can do something you can’t.”
“Well, what is it?” demanded his pa.
“Grow,” replied the youngster triumphantly.—H.E. Zimmerman.
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In a North of England town recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet, and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning:
“Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gathered to witness a performance of Hamlet at the Town Hall. There has been considerable discussion in the press as to whether the play was written by Shakespeare or Bacon. All doubt can be now set at rest. Let their graves be opened; the one who turned over last night is the author.”
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There was a young lady named Hannah,
Who slipped on a peel of banana.
More stars she espied
As she lay on her side
Than are found in the Star Spangled Banner.
A gentleman sprang to assist her;
He picked up her glove and her wrister;
“Did you fall, Ma’am?” he cried;
“Did you think,” she replied,
“I sat down for the fun of it, Mister?”
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“Help! Help!” cried an Italian laborer near the mud flats of the Harlem river.
“What’s the matter there?” came a voice from the construction shanty.
“Queek! Bringa da shov’! Bringa da peek! Giovanni’s stuck in da mud.”
“How far in?”
“Up to hees knees.”
“Oh, let him walk out.”
“No, no! He no canna walk! He wronga end up!”