Re: Walt Kelly, Utah Phillips, and Moose Turd Pie

In article <r7sm34die86mamse30epp7dngvt65mcldg@xxxxxxx>,
Joy Beeson <jbeeson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 26 May 2008 05:32:39 GMT, "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Neither, probably. It's probably older than their combined ages.

The first time I heard it, the punch line was "Sheesh these beans are
salty -- just the way I like 'em."

I believe that in that version, the food was spoiled by ineptness,
rather than malice.

Here's a reference to such a story from WWI, so we've managed to get
back past the 1920's:

<http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacunithistories/USS_Mongolia.html>

and here's another one referencing it from the 1930's:

<http://www.gcrg.org/bqr/18-3/bill.html>

I suspect that Greek soldiers told this one back in the day, and
maybe the Mesopotamians, too. I wonder what's the oldest
recognizable joke recorded?

Mike Beede
.

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