tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post8749401379858789716..comments2024-03-29T05:50:30.207-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: DAD JOKESJerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-39570152285273419212021-06-20T12:11:16.344-07:002021-06-20T12:11:16.344-07:00You sure you want this? He immediately apologized ...You sure you want this? He immediately apologized for retelling from his own youth an almost literally emetic joke once when I was about ten...he also noted that his high school cohort weren't the most sophisticated tellers of jokes...he also recalled a cycle about an unfortunate woman tagged "Thelma Rottencrotch"...<br /><br />But more traditionally, he did teach me a verse and the chorus of "Ain't We Crazy?" at an appropriate age...<br /><br />It was midnight on the ocean/<br />Not a streetcar was in sight/<br />When I stepped into a drugstore/<br />Just to get myself a light./<br />The man behind the counter/<br />Was a woman old and gray/<br />Who used to peddle showstrings/<br />On the road to Mandalay...<br /><br />"Good evening, Sir"/<br />She said to me/<br />Her eyes were dry with teers/<br />She put her head between her feet/<br />And stood that way for years/<br />Her children all were orphans/<br />Except one tiny tot/<br />Who used to live across the stree/<br />Above the vacant lot...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com