Get Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the PDF

By Alan Dundes

An individual who has ever stuffed in a sort in triplicate, taken an inherent ability try out, or been rebuffed via a sort letter will delight in the city folklore present in this assortment. city humans as a folks are certain jointly through their unsatisfied studies in struggling with "the system," even if that approach is the equipment of presidency or the workplace the place one works. The splendidly expressive fabrics during this book-chain letters, memoranda, notices, and cartoons-touch upon each significant controversy of city the United States: racism, intercourse, politics, automation, alienation, welfare, the women's stream, army mentality, and workplace forms. The humor of the fabrics pinpoints the ills and frustrations of recent society and turns into, in flip, an break out from them.

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Or do you vant ve should schipp bak der hole schidten vorks. Ve vant to do vat iss ridt in dis madder, but ve do not lik dis dam ratt schidten businesses. Mitt Mutsch Respecht, Hans Bruder Importer Pee Ess—Iss der price der same as mittout, as mitt der ratt schidt? 12. The Bill Payer s Complaint One of the most popular complaints in traditional letters has to do with requests for money. In such letters, the angry writer protests against paying a bill, usually mentioning all his other Traditional Letters 25 financial obligations and personal mishaps.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Mr. Harry Butts Mrs. Lucy Bowels Mrs. Smelly B. Hind Mr. G. Howie Pharts Mr. I. Kant Krapp 936 27 487 267 435 Corn Cob Alley Bed Pan Court Diarrhea Ave. Fertilizer Lane Constipation Circle 3. The Spouse Exchange In this chain-letter parody, we find a common theme in American culture, namely, the stereotype of middle-aged male impotence (signaled by "tired businessmen"), dissatisfaction with one's mate, and the common male fantasy of having an infinite number of sexual partners. It is perhaps significant that the typical American, even in fantasy, is ill-equipped for such sexuality, inasmuch as the increased sexual activity apparently causes the death of one "lucky" winner.

Later I went fishing and the boat turned over with me and I lost the biggest catfish I ever saw, and two of my boys drowned, neither being the castrated one. In 1915 my wife ran away with a blue-gum nigger, and left me with a pair of cross-eyed twins for a souvenir. Then I married the hired girl to keep expenses down, but had trouble getting her to go off. I went to the doctor and he advised me to create some excitement about the time she was ready. That night I stuck the 30 Traditional Letters shot-gun out the window and fired.

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