Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers

Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers
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Carleton B. Case. Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers

Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers

Table of Contents

PREFACE

SECRETARY BAKER TELLS A GOOD ONE

DID SHE SAVE DOC ONE?

WANTED TO KILL THE COOKS

YOU CAN’T BEAT THE IRISH

ASK SOMEONE FROM MISSOURI

CLARK STREET ENGLISH

HIS MASTER’S VOICE

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A BELGIAN DOORYARD

WHEN PRESIDENT WILSON LAUGHED

BEEF, MILK AND BEER

TOO BAD SHE HADN’T MORE SONS

WHY HE GOT THIRTY DAYS

TIME TO SWEAR OFF

THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS

NO FOOTSTEPS IN THE AIR

CHICKEN FEED ON BROADWAY

THIS WAS IN ENGLAND

VERY LADYLIKE

HE DROPS INTO POETRY

WHERE DO I SLEEP NEXT?

THIS PLEASED THE COLONEL

DID THE CHAPLAIN SWEAR?

ONE SWEET KISS LOST

A COINCIDENCE OF WAR

GERMAN PAPERS, PLEASE NOTE

UNANIMOUS

PA WAS THE GENERAL

TOUGH ON GOMPERS

HAD THE RIGHT DOPE

TELL THIS NOT IN BOSTON

THE MESSAGE WAS SOBER, ANYHOW

HE HADN’T FINISHED

THE OOZING OF THE COONS

SHE WAS IN UNIFORM

NO CHALLENGING OUT OF HIS CLASS

CALLING HIM SISSY?

HOW DISAPPOINTED HE’LL BE

AMERICAN HUMOR IN FRANCE

SNOBBERY SQUELCHED

BLASTED HOPES

PROFITABLE AUTHORSHIP

THE “LONG, LONG TRAIL” OVER THERE

HIS OWN PERSONAL WAR

WHEN TOMMY LAUGHS

ONE OF THOSE IRISH BULLS

WHEN GERMANY SALUTED A PIG

AND SO IT PROVED

WASHINGTON GETS THESE, TOO

BLACK MAGIC

SUCH EXCUSES AS THEY MAKE

HE HAD TROUBLES, TOO

WHAT COULD HE MEAN?

NEVER MIND THE TARGET

A LADY FROM HELL

THEORY VS. FACT

ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIER!

WHO WAS THE JOKE ON?

REAL YANKEE LANGUAGE

DAMN THE KAISER

FUN FOR THE MISSUS

GERMAN RESTITUTION

BUT DID CHARLEY TELL IT?

LONG-DISTANCE FAREWELL

NINE GIRLS TOO MANY

WHY NOT BOTH?

ONLY GOOD GERMANS WERE LEFT

A BREEZY RETORT

PATTING MISSOURI ON THE BACK

YOU CAN’T BEAT SUCH BOYS

HOW TO BE FUNNY IN WARTIME

NOW ON A WAR-BASIS

HUMANITY IN WAR

FLATLY IMPOSSIBLE

THE FRATERNAL SIDE OF WAR

NO TIME TO WASTE

HER GENTLE COME-BACK

HIS MIND WAS WANDERING

THE SEX OF THE KILTIES

PLAY BALL!

HE’D BEEN THERE HIMSELF

EIGHTEEN YEARS OF HOPE

A NICKNAME THAT STUCK

PAT WAS SMOKING

FORGOT HIS LINES

SO THERE’S PLENTY OF IT

LIVELY ENEMY

NO REGRETS

TOO MUCH WASTED EFFORT

MAD ENOUGH TO LICK ANYONE

WORKING THE WAR

SANDY WAS SCOTCH

BROWN WASN’T GREEN

ANYTHING TO GET AWAY

NATURALLY WISHED TO SEE HER

ZEPPELINITIS

PALESTINE VS. PURGATORY

DON’T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

WELL SEASONED

NOT TO BE DONE

UNCERTAIN TRAIN SCHEDULE

REAL STRATEGY

HE KNEW THE BREED

DESERVED PROMOTION

MIXED HER DATES

HOOVER, GOD AND THREE OTHERS

IT TAKES FIFTEEN YEARS, SON

AW, BE A SPORT, HUBBY

NOT ON THE PROGRAM

WHERE HIS AUTHORITY BEGAN

A TENNYSONIAN TODDY

WHY REMIND THEM OF IT?

HE’D HEARD HER SING

WHY FRANCE WON

MUCH THE SAFEST PLAN

THE OLD FAMILIAR WORDS

WITH A COMMA AFTER “RED”

HOLES CLEAR THROUGH HIM

WAS THIS FOREORDAINED?

WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE

WAR’S COMPENSATIONS

CAP WAS A SURE WINNER

ONLY A RUSE AFTER ALL

TRY IT ON THE YANKS

HER MEASURE OF SUCCESS

BETTER MAKE AN OMELET

THE USUAL PREFERENCE

NOTHING TO FIGHT FOR

BOTH UP AND DOWN, AUNTIE

SECURING A TEMPORARY DIVORCE

REMINDS ONE OF PLATTSBURG

MONOLOGUE, BY NAT M. WILLS

PARDONABLE MISTAKE

HE WAS REAL MAD ABOUT IT

HE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE

JUST A BIT OF TRENCH REPARTEE

NOT MENTIONABLE IN SOCIETY

NOW SHE KNOWS WHY

INTERCEPTED WAR MESSAGES

WHAT MOTHERS ALWAYS SAY

FASHION NOTE FROM THE FRONT

ONE GERMAN WE FORGIVE

EQUINE “NOW I LAY ME”

ONE BRITISH ATROCITY

NEVER MIND THE NAME

FRENCH IN THE TRENCH

SCOTCH PROVISIONS

VERY LIKE MOSES

THEY FIXED YOU, WILLIE

SAFETY FIRST

NO SUGAR IN HEAVEN

YOU CAN’T DO THIS IN BATTLE

NOW IT’S “ALL DUNN”

A LAST FAREWELL

TOO MODEST BY FAR

ANOTHER WAR CASUALTY

PREACHER HAD A SCOOP

THERE IS TIME FOR BOTH

THEY DO SOUND ALIKE

NO TIME TO SAY ALL OF IT

NO MAIL TO HADES

MORE TO THE PURPOSE

WHAT WE MAY EXPECT NOW

EIGHT MILES FOR HIM

NO FIGHTING FOR HIM

HOW HUNS TICKLED THEMSELVES

’TWASN’T HIS FAULT

VERY GOOD, PUNCH

HE KNEW ABOUT COWS

WILLING TO TREAT

AND FULL OF TABASCO

CAUSE FOR DEPRESSION

ENOUGH TO WARRANT EXEMPTION

CHANGED HIS TUNE

FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW

THOSE PET NAMES FOR OFFICERS

TOO MUCH HARVARD

WOULDN’T INSULT THE JACK

ONE WAY TO GET EVEN

“HONEY” DRAWS THE LINE

WILLING TO EXPLAIN

CAUSE FOR ANNOYANCE

SHE KNEW HIS MERITS

CENSORING THE CLOUDS

IT CAN’T BE DONE

A TWO-BIT HERO

ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAVE

HOWL INDEFINITELY POSTPONED

AND THEY DRINK GRAPE JUICE

LESS METERS, LESS GAS

YOU KNOW THAT PAPER

CHANCE TO GET EVEN

THE WAY THINGS LOOKED IN 1916

CAUSE FOR REJOICING

BUT NOT THIS TIME

EVIDENCE OF REFINEMENT

EVENING THINGS UP

AN INTERIOR PROBLEM

BEEN “GETTING UP” EVER SINCE

MERELY A WAY-STATION

OBEYING ORDERS

NO ABSENT TREATMENT WANTED

CAUSE FOR CONFIDENCE

JUST GOT ON TO IT

READY FOR ANY SNAKE

DID HE GET HER MEANING?

IT’S THE SHELLS

OFFENSIVE PREPARATIONS

GETTING BACK AT HEINE

ZOOLOGICAL MONSTROSITY

NOT WANTED ANYWHERE

THERE WAS A PAIR OF THEM

NOT AS INTENDED

CHEERING NEWS

WHY THIS DELAY?

PERHAPS YOU HAVE WONDERED

NO CREEDS IN WARTIME

BUT IT’S MEN WHO PAY THEM

ACQUIRING WIFELY ARTS

THE NERVE OF THE COOK

FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR

GIVING THEM A SEND-OFF

DON’T BELIEVE ALL YOU HEAR

YOU’VE SEEN THEM

PLACING THE BLAME

PROOF POSITIVE

CARBOLIC STARTED THIS

BY JOVE, QUITE RIPPING

FROM SANTA CLAUS IN WASHINGTON

THIS BEATS ALL

PAT WAS STRINGING HIM

ANOTHER HUN ATROCITY

KNEW HIM WELL

ENOUGH TO MAKE A KING LAUGH

TOO SLEEPY TO BE SCARED

SHE UNDERSTOOD WOMEN

WELL, THAT WAS HIS COMPANY

SPOIL OF WAR

CHEERFUL NEWS FROM ‘OVER THERE’

HE KNEW WHAT TO USE

THEY CAN’T WORK THIS ANY MORE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION WANTED

THAT WAS THE HYMN NUMBER

TEMPORARY

BOOZE FIGHTERS

VERY PROPER ANSWER

WHAT DISCOURAGED HIM

GOING SOMEWHERE

OUTRANKED IN THE KITCHEN

SURPRISE FOR THE GERMANS

NO LEAD PIPE CINCH

SERVED HIM RIGHT!

QUITE A CONTRAST

AND HOLDING IT YET

FOOLING THE COOTIES

THIS IS A MAN

WANTED SOMETHING STATIONARY

YET THEY FOUGHT NOBLY

PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY

THE QUICKER THE SOONER

TRANSPORTS OF JOY

WHERE HE IS EXPERT

NO MULES IN THE AIR

DEAR LITTLE BOY

THEN SHE HAD THEM PRESSED

UNUSUAL OFFICER

NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED

ORDERS, BUT NO SALES

THOSE FOOL QUESTIONS

PROUD OF THEIR SOLDIERS

NOT FLATTERING HIM ANY

ONLY KIND HE KNEW

NOT HIS KIND OF JEWELRY

MORE DANGEROUS, ALSO

SAME IN ALL LANGUAGES

SHE KNEW JIM

THEN HE GOT THIRTY DAYS K. P

PLEASED IS NO NAME FOR IT

GENUINE CHICKEN DINNER

ON THE ORIGINAL FIRING LINE

PLAY THE GAME

SHE WAS USED TO IT

SPIRIT OF FRANCE

RECOGNIZED THE RESEMBLANCE

PROOF POSITIVE

CAN SHOW WHAT HE’S GOOD FOR

GLAD HE TALKED TO GEN. PERSHING

BEFORE ONE CAN TURN AROUND

ONE ON THE COLONEL

A GRAND STAND PLAY

THE NEGRO IN AUTHORITY

DON’T YOU DO IT, TOMMY

NO PROHIBITION THERE

CHAFFING EACH OTHER

GETTING ON FAST

NO WONDER HE REBELLED

THEY ALL GET ’EM

REACHED HIS LIMIT

SEEKING INFORMATION

BIRDS FAR SURPASSED

NO KICK COMING

A REAL SPREE

MOVING PICTURE IN ONE REEL

USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL

THE MILITARY HAIR CUT

BASEBALL IN BLIGHTY

UNIVERSAL COMPLAINT

SAMPLE WAS SATISFACTORY

NO FUN WITHOUT FUNDS

THOUGHT HE HAD ARRIVED

“COUNT ’EM NOW, MISTAH KAISER”

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Carleton B. Case

Pranks, Jokes and Laughable Affairs of Our Boys and Their Allies in the Great War

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PREACHER HAD A SCOOP

THERE IS TIME FOR BOTH

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