"Folklore of Student Life" holds the accumulated wisdom and wit of several IU undergraduate classes and of a good many IU undergraduates, all focused upon the folklore -- those shared avenues of creativity and expression -- that is part of the college experience at Indiana University. This website is a joint production of Prof John McDowell and his students in a number of undergraduate classes
Practical Joke #2 Contributor: Jeong Seo Informant: Won-Guk Title: Salt shaker Sem/yr: Spring 2005 Charles (C.L.), Won-Guk (W.G.), Steven (S.L) and I (J.S.) went to Chinese buffet restaurant together. We were all having buffet dinner. When both Charles and Steve Continue Reading …
Practical Joke #3 Contributor: Jeong Seo Informant: Illa Title: Practical joke on RA Sem/yr: Spring 2005 Illa: “There is a guy whose name is Kirk. He was the RA (resident Assistant) of my floor. Guys in my floor didn’t like Continue Reading …
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Text 2 Contributor: Reggie Watson Informant: Steve Head Title: The Shower Gag Semester/year: Fall, 2005 Instructor: John McDowell This next practical joke was told by my roommate Steve Head. He told it more like a story so I wasn’t able Continue Reading …
Text 2 Informant Name: Steve Lochmann Title: The naked man Archives Code: 75/335 Instructor: Professor Stahl Semester/Year: Fall, 1978 Jim Lincoln was waiting in line while I was taking a shower. He seemed to think I was taking to long Continue Reading …
Jill Siegel Narrative Jokes- Archive Collection Text 1 Original Collector: Lorna McKenzie Title: The Fads Class: F220 American Folklore Professor: Sandra K.D. Stahl Semester and Year: Fall 1981 Code: 81/62 Once a young enterprising preacher moved into a new town; Continue Reading …
Reggie’s practical jokes from the archives: Text 1 Informant Name: Butch Marino Tittle: Telephone Pranks Archives code: 77/105 Instructor: Professor Stahl Semester/Year: Fall, 1981 When it comes to practical jokes or rather, impractical jokes, my favorite is calling up people Continue Reading …
Reggie’s current practical jokes: Text 1 Contributor: Reggie Watson Informant: Tony Tevis Title: Sleep Tight Semester/year: Fall, 2005 Instructor: John McDowell Me: Ok so what is your practical joke that you pulled off? Tony: Ok this one is mean as Continue Reading …
Original Collector’s name: Terry Johannsen Title of the paper: “Field Project Assignment: Practical Joke” Class: F220 The name of the professor: Doris Fannelli Semester/year: ??? Code: 81/63 Informant: C.A Contributor: Jeong Seo C.A Oh, let me tell you about this Continue Reading …
Seo’s practical jokes from the Folklore Archives: Practical Joke #1. Birthday Original Collector’s name: Terry Johannsen Title of the paper: “Field Project Assignment: Practical Joke” Class: F220 The name of the professor: Doris Fannelli Semester/year: ??? Code: 81/63 Informant: G.K Continue Reading …