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Future Fanner

October-November.1959

ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA

The First One ^Doesn't Have A ^Chahce/

"That's all very well for your

new

sports car, hut

how

about Rover?"

He

⁽atthemovies):

"Can you

seeall right?"

She: "Yes."

He: "Istherea draftonyou?"

She: 'Wo."

He: "Scatcomfortable?"

She: "Yes."

He:

"Mind

changingplaces?"

Rohert Leonards

Goodwin,

South

Dakota

He: "Does she

know much

about

Him: "Naw,

she thinksyou cool the motor bystripping the gears."

Larry

Worke Blooming

Prairie, Minnesota Teacher:

"Who

can tell

me

what

made

Francis Scott

Key

famous'.'"

Albert:

"He knew

all the verses of The Star-Spangled Banner'."

John

Newman

Decatur, Tennessee Wife to husband: "I'm going next door for a minute. Stirthe stew every halfhour or so."

Ernest Miller Lansing 10, Michigan

Two

little boys had a favor to ask of their mother.

"You

ask her," said theolder one.

"No,itwould bebetterifyoudidit,"

answeredhisyoungerbrother. "You've

known

her longer thanIhave."

Johnny Wortinger Syracuse,Indiana Ifyou thinkthe younger generation isn't interested in getting ahead, just wait until one of

them

pulls up next toyouat a stoplight.

Jimmy

Rause Magnolia, North Carolina

"What's

my

trouble.

Doc?"

askedthe patient.

"I'm not sure exactly what's

wrong

with you, but if you were a building you'dbecondemned."

Frank Sullivan

Morgantown,

Indiana

He: "You

married

me

for money."

She:

"And

Iearnedit."

Levi

Howard,

Jr.

Sumter,SouthCarolina Visitor: "I can't tell you

how

de- lightedIam, Mrs.Giles.

My

sonReggie has

won

a scholarship."

Farmer's Wife: "1 can understand yourfeelings. Ifeltthe

same way when

our pig

won

a medal at the agricul- turalshow."

Marie

Owen

Betlipage, Tennessee

ROTC

Student: ^"/haven'tapencilor paperfor theexam."

Sergeant:

"What

would you think of a soldier

who

went ^into battle without a gunorammunition?"

ROTC

Student: "I'dthinkhe was an officer."

Dennis Eastin

Ramona, Oklahoma

Wife (to

Husband)

: "/scratched the front fendera little,dear. Ifyouwant to lookat it, it's in the back seat."

Kenneth

Weather

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Ma:

"Pa, I think it's time that

we

should think of our daughter getting married.

Pa: "Oh, let her wail until theright

man comes

along."

Ma: "Why

wait? I didn't."

Mitchell Turner Marion, South Carolina

An

oldmaid, shockedatthelanguage of

some

ditch-diggers working near herhome, complainedto theirforeman.

The

foreman promised to inquire into thematter, and called one of the

men

over. "What's all this about profane talk?"heasked.

"Why

Boss," said Joe, "It's nothing atall.

Me and

Butchwas workingthere

and my

pick accidentallyhithim onthe head. Butch looked upat

me and

said, 'Now,really, Joseph,in the future you must handle thatimplement with

more

caution'."

Ken

Danielson McCleary, Washington

Cartoon Caption Contest

Your

response to the last cartoon caption contest was so great the editors have decided togiveyou another. So here it is

—

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PRIZES:

First $15. Second $10. Third $5. plus 10 honorable mention prizes of plastic

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Your

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