"Call me a cab/taxi" (1901)

[James C Stalker]

How about the ancient joke (c. 1970).  A hippy (with all the implications,
esp. high), comes upon an accident.  The victim of the accident says: "call
me an amulance."  The hippy says, "Ok, man.  You're an ambulance."

These live on.  Any new ones?

Jim

Laurence Horn writes:

> At 10:38 PM -0500 2/18/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>> This probably comes from a humor magazine such as Life, Puck, Judge, or
>> Texas Siftings. Here it is in the mouth of a famous American.
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> (GOOGLE)
>> _The  Coffee Place's Joke Stack_ (http://www.thecoffeepla
>> ce.com/Jokes/aaaaabjk.html)
>> The Coffee Place's Joke  Stack. "Call me a taxi," said the fat man.
>> "Okay,"
>> said
>> the doorman. "You're a taxi, but you look  more like a truck to me." ...
>> ...
>> www.thecoffeeplace.com/Jokes/aaaaabjk.html - 2k - _Cached_
>
> How about the local variant--
>
> Make me a malted.
> Pffft--you're a malted.
>
> larry
>
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James C. Stalker
Department of English
Michigan State University