Porkypine: Owl, if I tells you a joke for the vaudeville act, do I git paid?
Owl: Yep! Two gumdrops per line.
Porkypine: This is a four line joke - - - A man bought his li'l boy a fur coat (that's two gumdrops)
Owl: Two it is.
Porkypine: The li'l boy wore it to school, (that's two more)
Owl: Two more
Porkypine: The teacher say: "My, aren't you warm?" (That's another two) Chomp - - -
Owl: Right - - - Six up to now. [pause] Well? What's the last line? The payoff? The boff?
Porkypine: Ding bing it! I never can remember the last lines of jokes - - - chomp - - - chomp - - -
Walt Kelly
Pogo September 8, 1950
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