does and is

[Jonathan Lighter]

Actually, it was probably "rocking horse."

JL

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The one I heard in 1975 was "Does a hobby horse have a wooden dick?"
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> I guess it depends on the manufacturer.
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> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:14 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> > Does Superman wear blue pajamas?
> > Does Pinocchio have a wooden dick?
> > Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle?
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> > At 8:05 PM +0000 2/23/11, Charles C Doyle wrote:
> > >In the parlance of folklorists (and a few other sorts of scholars),
> > >these expressions are commonly called "sarcastic interrogatives" or
> > >"sarcastic interrogative affirmatives" and ". . . negatives."  I
> > >myself coined the somewhat awkward terms back in 1975.  A recent
> > >discussion:
> > >
> > >Charles Clay Doyle, "Is the Pope Still Catholic?  Historical
> > >Obsrvations on Sarcastic Interrogatives," _Western Folklore_ 67
> > >(2008): 5-33.
> > >
> > >--Charlie
> >
> > There are also sarcastic conjunctions ("And I'm Marie of
> > Romania"--wasn't there a Dorothy Parker poem on this theme?) and
> > conditionals ("If p, I'm a monkey's uncle/I'll eat my hat" or the
> > earlier "I'm a Dutchman if I do"), although the latter is more
> > broadly rhetorical rather than simply sarcastic.
> >
> > Oh, and we shouldn't forget the blends:
> > "Is the bear Catholic?"
> > "Does a Pope shit in the woods?"
> >
> > LH
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> > >
> > Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:50 PM
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> > >Does a chicken have lips?  (Quick!! Does it??)
> > >
> > >Is a pig's *ass* pork?
> > >
> > >JL
> > >
> > >On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:12 PM, William Salmon <
> > >wsalmon1 at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  > Does . .  .
> > >>  >
> > >>  > A bear shit in the woods
> > >>  > A frog have a watertight ass?
> > >>  > The pope wear a funny hat?
> > >>  > Rose Kennedy have a black dress?
> > >>
> > >>  #2 actually goes in the 'IS' category for me. Like this: "Is a frog's
> > ass
> > >>  watertight?"
> > >>
> > >>  Also, to add to the 'IS' list: "Is a preacher sober on Sunday?"
> > >>
> > >>  WS
> > >>
> > >>  > Is . . .
> > >>  > The pope Catholic?
> > >>  > A pig's pecker pork?
> > >>  > A bull's balls beef?
> > >
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