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.
BIGAMY What is the penalty for bigamy? Two mothers-in-law. * * * The man was weak and naturally unlucky, and so he got married three times inside of a year. He was convicted and sentenced for four years. He seemed greatly relieved. As the expiration of his term grew near, he wrote from the penitentiary … Read more
ABSENTMINDEDNESS The man of the house finally took all the disabled umbrellas to the repairer’s. Next morning on his way to his office, when he got up to leave the street car, he absentmindedly laid hold of the umbrella belonging to a woman beside him, for he was in the habit of carrying one. The … Read more
DEDICATION The visitor to the poet’s wife expressed her surprise that the man of genius had failed to dedicate any one of his volumes to the said wife. Whereupon, said wife became flustered, and declared tartly: “I never thought of that. As soon as you are gone, I’ll look through all his books, and if … Read more