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Igel

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5. It's pointing out the utter boredom of most church picnics.

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 09:11 AM

Aug 2019

Drowning children in ponds is another bad thing. Not dreadfully common, but fat tailed.

Cars were infrequent then, not a very common concern, and yet it was a scary possibility. Under 145k for the country of 87 million people, and that's counting trucks. 1907 was the year of the first drivers license in the US, and laws regulating driving weren't that numerous yet. The Model T came out in 1908.

It's hyperbole saying how bad church picnics are, not that they are *really* especially bad for kids but that they appear to be as bad. Hence the humor.

This is curmudgeon humor. Bierce and Mencken excelled at it.

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A little humor from 1907 [View all] Cartoonist Aug 2019 OP

I wonder what prompted that cartoon back then. Karadeniz Aug 2019 #1

There's a lot of humor in religion and religionists. But typical of humor, abqtommy Aug 2019 #2

It's pointing out the utter boredom of most church picnics. Igel Aug 2019 #5

Where did you find this? Is there an online source? bobbieinok Aug 2019 #3

Outbursts of Everett True Cartoonist Aug 2019 #4