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The American Credo
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The American Credo is a philosophical tract originally written by George Jean Nathan and H. L. Mencken in 1920. Subtitled "A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind," it attempts a serious examination of the often ludicrous ideas found to be common among Americans.The main text of this work is an enumeration of myths, stereotypes, superstitions, nostrums and base beliefs of the American people, succinctly listed. The catalogue is preceded by an essay, which in the first edition takes up a greater number of pages than the 488 items themselves (much like those prefacing several of George Bernard Shaw's plays). The "Revised and Expanded Edition" published a year or so later supplied 381 additional items. The New American Credo (1927), which omits the original preface and was published under Nathan's name alone, renumbered, expanded and thoroughly updated the catalogue, bringing the number of items to 1231. | |
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Piggy Bank | |
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Piggy Bank: "That when a child has had a toy dime-bank for two days it always takes a can-opener, pries it open and spends the accumulated ten cents at the nearest candy store." (New #112) | |
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Villainous Lineage | |
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Villainous Lineage: "That if the one-year-old offspring of a criminal were to be taken by a sedate English couple and brought up by them as their own, he would, nevertheless, after coming down from Oxford, be caught in petty thievery." (New #21) | |
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Greedy Jew | |
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Greedy Jew: "That before long all the money in the country will be in the hands of the Jews." (#657; New #866) | |
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Out Giving Birth, Back in Two Minutes | |
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Out Giving Birth, Back in Two Minutes: "That Polish women are so little human that one of them can have a baby at 8 A. M. and cook her husband's dinner at noon." (#46) "That when a society woman has a baby she is a complete wreck for months afterward, but that a washerwoman can have one at eleven o'clock in the morning and with perfect comfort go to a movie the same afternoon." (New #33) | |
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Asian Hooker Stereotype | |
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Asian Hooker Stereotype: "That in Japan an American can buy a beautiful geisha for two dollars and that, upon being bought, she will promptly fall madly in love with him and will run his house for him in a scrupulously clean manner." (#5; New #69) | |
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Yodel Land | |
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Yodel Land: "That the chief form of headgear among the Swiss is the Alpine hat." (#185; New #305) "That the Swiss, when they sing, always yodel." (#370; New #473) | |
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Officer O'Hara | |
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Officer O'Hara: "That the chief industry of Ireland is the breeding and exporting of policemen." (New #1162) | |
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Men Can't Keep House | |
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Men Can't Keep House: "That a bachelor is a very untidy fellow, and that the floors of his living quarters are always a mess of soiled linen and cigarette butts." (New #796) | |
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Girl Watching | |
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Girl Watching: "That when a woman with shapely limbs starts to board a street-car all the men within a block stop in their tracks to stare." (New #30) "That when a good-looking girl passes a group of men on the street, they instantly abandon the subject they were talking about and indulge in remarks about her shape." (New #284) | |
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The Quiet One | |
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The Quiet One: "That Coolidge is a very taciturn man, but that if he ever elected to say anything it would be of world-shaking importance." (New #7) | |
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No Hero to His Valet | |
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No Hero to His Valet: "That no man can ever conceivably be a hero to his valet." (New #402) | |
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Nouveau Riche | |
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Nouveau Riche: "That people who are born rich are never vain, and that people who are born poor and later become rich are always vain." (#709; New #884) | |
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Babies Make Everything Better | |
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Babies Make Everything Better: "That the birth of a child will insure harmony between its parents." (New #760) | |
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Fowl-Mouthed Parrot | |
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Fowl-Mouthed Parrot: "That all parrots are very proficient cussers, and that it is unwise for a young woman to have one around the house when her beau calls if she wishes to avoid embarrassment." (New #160) | |
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Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date | |
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Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date: "That when a man embarks in a canoe with a girl, the chances are two to one that the girl will move around when the boat is in mid-stream and upset it." (#100; New #195) | |
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Southern Gentleman | |
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Southern Gentleman: "That Southerners are chivalrous." (#843; New #994) | |
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Moustache de Plume | |
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Moustache de Plume: invoked "That the woman writer on an evening newspaper who gives advice to the lovelorn is invariably a man with a flowing beard." (#556) | |
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Explosive Breeder | |
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Explosive Breeder: "That the philoprogenitive instinct in rabbits is so intense that the alliance of two normally assiduous rabbits is productive of 265 offspring in one year." (#1; New #62) | |
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Mad Artist | |
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Mad Artist: "That the futurist painters are all insane." (#568; New #782) | |
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Mad Doctor | |
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Mad Doctor: "That surgeons often kill patients for the sheer pleasure of it." (#57; New #138) | |
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Returning to the Scene | |
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Returning to the Scene: "That a criminal always returns to the scene of his crime, and usually in the dead of night." (New #967) | |
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Gaussian Girl | |
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Gaussian Girl: "That the so-called 'mist photography' of the movies can make a woman of fifty with a face like a dried apple look like a sixteen-year-old Helen of Troy." (New #457) | |
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Sad Clown | |
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Sad Clown: "That every circus clown's heart is breaking for one reason or another." (#31; New #98) | |
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Made in Country X | |
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Made in Country X: "That a suit of clothes made in England will last for years and never wear out, whereas one made in America will go to pieces in a relatively short time." (New #616) | |
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Stubborn Mule | |
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Stubborn Mule: "That all mules are very obstinate." (New #369) | |
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Mischief-Making Monkey | |
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Mischief-Making Monkey: "That when one takes one's best girl to see the monkeys in the zoo, the monkeys invariably do something that is very embarrassing." (#13; New #75) | |
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Glamorous Wartime Singer | |
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Glamorous Wartime Singer: "That, during the late war, Elsie Janis was always near the scene of battle to inspire the American troops to lay down their lives by singing selections from Oh, Boy and The Pink Lady and giving imitations of Eddie Foy and Ethel Barrymore." (New #204) | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws: "That a man always dislikes his mother-in-law, and goes half-crazy every time she visits him." (#479; New #590) | |
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Taking the Veil | |
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Taking the Veil: "That all nuns have entered convents because of unfortunate love affairs." (#214; New #343) | |
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Throw It In! | |
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Throw It In: invoked "That motion-picture directors always throw away the working 'script after the first scene, and make up the action as the play progresses." (#538; New #811) | |
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Hating on Monday | |
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Hating on Monday: "That children are always poorest in class on Mondays, as the antecedent Saturday and Sunday holiday have taken all thought of their studies out of their heads." (New #46) | |
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Conjoined Twins | |
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Conjoined Twins: "That the Siamese Twins were joined together by gutta percha moulded and painted to look like a shoulder blade." (#9; New #82) | |
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Mystery Meat | |
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Mystery Meat: "That the frankfurters sold at circuses and pleasure parks are made of dog meat." (#432) | |
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Horrible Camping Trip | |
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Horrible Camping Trip: "That whenever a crowd of boys goes camping in summer two or three of them are drowned, and the rest come home suffering from poison ivy." (#301; New #452) | |
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Eat the Evidence | |
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Eat the Evidence: "That when a military spy is caught he always has in his possession a small but extremely valuable piece of paper which he immediately proceeds to chew up and swallow." (#650; New #857) | |
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Tonto Talk | |
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Tonto Talk: "That whenever two Indians meet they greet each other with the word 'How!'" (#388; New #493) | |
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Onion Tears | |
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Onion Tears: "That in a photoplay a motion picture actress brings tears to her eyes by concealing an onion in her handkerchief." (#677; New #914) | |
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Dashing Hispanic | |
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Dashing Hispanic: "That the male Spaniard is generally a handsome, flashing-eyed fellow, possessed of fiery temper." (#110; New #211) | |
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Bull Seeing Red | |
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Bull Seeing Red: "That if a bull spots a man with a red necktie on, it will go after him post haste, whereas a man with a blue or green one on will leave the bull cold." (New #1223) | |
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Give Away the Bride | |
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Give Away the Bride: "That the bride's mother always weeps as her daughter is being given away by her father." (New #51) | |
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Florence Nightingale Effect | |
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Florence Nightingale Effect: "That a nurse, however ugly, always looks beautiful to the sick man." (#136; New #235) | |
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All Asians Know Martial Arts | |
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All Asians Know Martial Arts: "That the average Jap is so expert at jiu-jitsu that, if attacked by half a dozen truck-drivers, he can handily dispose of all of them." (New #877) | |
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Where da White Women At? | |
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Where da White Women At?: "That every negro who went to France with the army had a liaison with a white woman and won't look at a nigger wench any more." (#95; New #190) "That all negro prize-fighters marry white women, and that they afterward beat them." (#390; New #489) | |
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Vodka Drunkenski | |
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Vodka Drunkenski: "That a Russian peasant, in the days of the czar, drank two quarts of vodka a day." (#342; New #555) | |
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Extreme Omni-Goat | |
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Extreme Omnigoat: "That a goat will wax fat on a diet of tin cans and back numbers of the Saturday Evening Post." (#495; New #605) | |
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Elephants Never Forget | |
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Elephants Never Forget: "That an elephant in a circus never forgets a person who gives him a chew of tobacco or a rotten peanut, but will single him out from a crowd years afterward and bash in his head with one colossal blow." (#439; New #667) | |
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Rain, Rain, Go Away | |
The American Credo / int_737c483 | comment |
Rain, Rain, Go Away: "That one always feels depressed on a rainy day, but that the moment the sun comes out again one feels gay and cheerful." (New #615) | |
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The American Credo / int_79ba6777 | type |
Pocket Protector | |
The American Credo / int_79ba6777 | comment |
Pocket Protector: "That many soldiers' lives have been saved in battle by bullets lodging in Bibles which they have carried in their breast pockets." (#230; New #362) | |
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The American Credo / int_7a0374eb | type |
Impoverished Patrician | |
The American Credo / int_7a0374eb | comment |
Impoverished Patrician: "That many of the old Knickerbocker families of New York are today in such impoverished circumstances that they may be found living over hardware and delicatessen stores off lower Second and Third Avenues, but that they retain the old pride of aristocracy none the less and refuse to have anything to do with millionaires from the Middle West, Newport and Palm Beach social lights and other such recently ordained riff-raff." (New #196) | |
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The American Credo / int_813afa05 | type |
Defiled Forever | |
The American Credo / int_813afa05 | comment |
Defiled Forever: "That, for a young woman, seduction is a worse fate than death." (New #161) | |
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The American Credo / int_83a70d46 | type |
Ostrich Head Hiding | |
The American Credo / int_83a70d46 | comment |
Ostrich Head Hiding: "That an ostrich always buries its head in the sand when pursued." (New #1180) | |
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The American Credo / int_8e4f6448 | type |
College Widow | |
The American Credo / int_8e4f6448 | comment |
College Widow: "That middle-aged widows are very fond of college boys." (#651; New #858) | |
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The American Credo / int_8e4f6448 | |
The American Credo / int_8f4a4aad | type |
Tongue on the Flagpole | |
The American Credo / int_8f4a4aad | comment |
Tongue on the Flagpole: "That there was once a man who placed his tongue against the rails of the Monon railroad near Kokomo, Indiana, and, being unable to get loose, had his head cut off by a passenger train four hours later." (New #1130) | |
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The American Credo / int_913dc5d2 | type |
Women Drivers | |
The American Credo / int_913dc5d2 | comment |
Women Drivers: "That when a woman driving an automobile gets into a tight place she promptly loses her head and causes an accident." (#827; New #1066) | |
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The American Credo / int_913dc5d2 | |
The American Credo / int_917f5066 | type |
Stunt Double | |
The American Credo / int_917f5066 | comment |
Stunt Double: invoked "That all the difficult feats ascribed to movie stars in the films are really done by doubles." (New #23) | |
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The American Credo / int_938e9bc0 | type |
Absent-Minded Professor | |
The American Credo / int_938e9bc0 | comment |
Absent-Minded Professor: "That professors are absent-minded, that they often come to their classes minus collar or tie, and that they sometimes walk into other people's homes by mistake while engrossed in deep thought." (#696; New #895) | |
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The American Credo / int_938e9bc0 | |
The American Credo / int_93decddf | type |
Ominous Owl | |
The American Credo / int_93decddf | comment |
Ominous Owl: "That the quivering cry of a screech owl heard just outside a house is a sign that some one in the house will shortly die." (#731; New #1139) | |
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The American Credo / int_94cce63e | type |
Fighting Irish | |
The American Credo / int_94cce63e | comment |
Fighting Irish: "That whenever there is a funeral in an Irish family the mourners all get drunk and proceed to assault one another with clubs." (#313; New #508) | |
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The American Credo / int_970c8a84 | type |
Big Fun | |
The American Credo / int_970c8a84 | comment |
Big Fun: "That fat men are invariably jolly." (New #1155) | |
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The American Credo / int_9cc1a329 | type |
Upper-Class Twit | |
The American Credo / int_9cc1a329 | comment |
Upper-Class Twit: "That in English families of title, the younger sons always cut up high jinks, and have to be sent out of the country because of gambling debts or escapades with women." (#753; New #973) | |
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The American Credo / int_9e622f84 | type |
Stealing from the Till | |
The American Credo / int_9e622f84 | comment |
Stealing from the Till: "That all bank cashiers, soon or late, tap the till." (#265) | |
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The American Credo / int_aa07ca54 | type |
Obfuscating Disability | |
The American Credo / int_aa07ca54 | comment |
Obfuscating Disability: "That a very small proportion of beggars posing as blind are actually blind." (New #117) | |
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The American Credo / int_ab48ea8 | type |
Preacher's Kid | |
The American Credo / int_ab48ea8 | comment |
Preacher's Kid: "That a minister's son usually grows up to be a drunkard or a thief." (#777; New #1072) | |
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The American Credo / int_af7d483f | type |
Dreaming of Things to Come | |
The American Credo / int_af7d483f | comment |
Dreaming of Things to Come: "That if you are sleeping in a strange house, whatever you dream will happen in reality." (New #150) | |
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The American Credo / int_b070362d | type |
Wicked Stepmother | |
The American Credo / int_b070362d | comment |
Wicked Stepmother: "That step-mothers are very harsh to their stepchildren and frequently beat them when their fathers are not around to protest." (New #11) | |
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The American Credo / int_b16543d2 | type |
Grimy Water | |
The American Credo / int_b16543d2 | comment |
Grimy Water: "That stagnant water that has turned green is poisonous, and that drinking it means instant death." (New #17) | |
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The American Credo / int_b5dded87 | type |
Gossipy Hens | |
The American Credo / int_b5dded87 | comment |
Gossipy Hens: "That the old ladies on summer hotel verandas devote themselves entirely to the discussion of scandals." (#17; New #79) | |
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The American Credo / int_b90e8dc1 | type |
Hard-to-Light Fire | |
The American Credo / int_b90e8dc1 | comment |
Hard-to-Light Fire: "That if one has only three matches left, the first two will invariably go out, but that the third and last will remain lighted." (#142; New #243) | |
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The American Credo / int_ba759edf | type |
Naturalized Name | |
The American Credo / int_ba759edf | comment |
Naturalized Name: "That every man who calls himself Redmond is a Jew whose real name is Rosenberg." (#158) | |
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The American Credo / int_bac26c8f | type |
Serenade Your Lover | |
The American Credo / int_bac26c8f | comment |
Serenade Your Lover: "That when a Spaniard is in love he hangs around all night beneath the window of his inamorata and serenades her with a guitar." (#830; New #1046) | |
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The American Credo / int_bb0c0a4d | type |
Fiery Redhead | |
The American Credo / int_bb0c0a4d | comment |
Fiery Redhead: "That red-haired girls are especially virulent." (#436; New #663) | |
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The American Credo / int_bc21c08f | type |
My Life Flashed Before My Eyes | |
The American Credo / int_bc21c08f | comment |
My Life Flashed Before My Eyes: "That in the infinitesimal space of time between the springing of the trap-door and his dropping through it, a hanged man sees his entire life pass in panorama before him." (#322; New #535) | |
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The American Credo / int_bdacb848 | type |
Purely Aesthetic Glasses | |
The American Credo / int_bdacb848 | comment |
Purely Aesthetic Glasses: "That a negro who wears gold-rimmed spectacles never actually needs them, but affects them because they make him look intelligent." (#605; New #734) | |
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The American Credo / int_be795a6c | type |
Of Corset Hurts | |
The American Credo / int_be795a6c | comment |
Of Corset Hurts: "That tight corsets used to be the cause of many female ailments and that since women abandoned the wearing of them their general well-being has increased 100 per cent." (New #7) | |
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The American Credo / int_be795a6c | |
The American Credo / int_bf1255fa | type |
Really Gets Around | |
The American Credo / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: "That the Empress Catherine of Russia fornicated continuously, and that every morning she would cause her regiments to line up outside the palace that she might survey the men and pick out the likeliest candidate for the night's pleasure." (New #1163) | |
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The American Credo / int_bf17a64e | type |
Germanic Efficiency | |
The American Credo / int_bf17a64e | comment |
Germanic Efficiency: "That the Germans are such a wonderfully industrious people that, the very day the late war ended, all the pretzel factories were again found to be working full-blast." (New #4) | |
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The American Credo / int_bf4628aa | type |
Romance on the Set | |
The American Credo / int_bf4628aa | comment |
Romance on the Set: invoked "That every female moving-picture star carries on an intrigue with her leading man, and will marry him as soon as he can get rid of his poor first wife, who took in washing in order to pay for his education in the art of acting." (#303; New #456) | |
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The American Credo / int_c0594195 | type |
Through His Stomach | |
The American Credo / int_c0594195 | comment |
Through His Stomach: "That the way to a man's heart is through his stomach." (New #903) | |
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The American Credo / int_c10d1dcb | type |
California Doubling | |
The American Credo / int_c10d1dcb | comment |
California Doubling: invoked "That all moving pictures of English country life are staged in Fort Lee, New Jersey." (#514) | |
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The American Credo / int_c2d40139 | type |
Girls Like Musicians | |
The American Credo / int_c2d40139 | comment |
Girls Like Musicians: "That colored girls can't resist the attractions of jazz band musicians, and that every coon saxophone player has children by no less than a dozen wenches." (New #6) | |
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The American Credo / int_c3665600 | type |
Mammy | |
The American Credo / int_c3665600 | comment |
Mammy: "That old negro mammies, now fast becoming extinct, always refer to their 'white folks' as 'honey chile.'" (#720) "That the old negro mammy of ante-bellum days was the best cook in the world." (New #499) | |
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The American Credo / int_c6b3a885 | type |
Nap-Inducing Speak | |
The American Credo / int_c6b3a885 | comment |
Nap-Inducing Speak: "That all speeches at banquets are long and dull, and that everyone has a fierce time keeping awake during them." (New #285) | |
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The American Credo / int_c78c0896 | type |
Big Friendly Dog | |
The American Credo / int_c78c0896 | comment |
Big Friendly Dog: "That the larger the dog, the safer he is for children." (#332; New #545) "That large dogs are more affectionate than small ones." (New #57) | |
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The American Credo / int_ca063422 | type |
Disease Bleach | |
The American Credo / int_ca063422 | comment |
Disease Bleach: "That a sudden shock may cause the hair to turn grey over night." (#131; New #217) | |
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The American Credo / int_ca063422 | |
The American Credo / int_ca895242 | type |
Officer and a Gentleman | |
The American Credo / int_ca895242 | comment |
Officer and a Gentleman: "That General Robert E. Lee was exceptionally meticulous in the matter of dress and never went into battle without putting a clean collar on." (New #41) | |
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The American Credo / int_cb45940c | type |
Healthy Country Air | |
The American Credo / int_cb45940c | comment |
Healthy Country Air: "That the suburbs are always more healthful than the city." (New #1118) | |
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The American Credo / int_ccb3498d | type |
Escape Artist | |
The American Credo / int_ccb3498d | comment |
Escape Artist: "That it would have been impossible to keep Houdini imprisoned in any manner, and that it is a good thing he wasn't a criminal." (New #294) "That the late Houdini was able to effect his various escapes from handcuffs, straight-jackets, sealed trunks, etc., because he was double-jointed." (New #1160) | |
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The American Credo / int_cd54b574 | type |
Switched at Birth | |
The American Credo / int_cd54b574 | comment |
Switched at Birth: "That the nurses in maternity hospitals are often careless and that the babies frequently get mixed up." (#667; New #942) | |
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The American Credo / int_d4d8d831 | type |
Feuding Families | |
The American Credo / int_d4d8d831 | comment |
Feuding Families: "That Kentucky mountaineers, no matter how well they may be educated, always soon or late return home and take up the family feud." (New #10) | |
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The American Credo / int_d5656fbe | type |
The Unpronounceable | |
The American Credo / int_d5656fbe | comment |
The Unpronounceable: "That all Russians have unpronounceable names." (#96; New #189) | |
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The American Credo / int_d5a1770a | type |
British Stuffiness | |
The American Credo / int_d5a1770a | comment |
British Stuffiness: "That Englishwomen are very cold." (#466; New #697) | |
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The American Credo / int_da38c13f | type |
Lamarck Was Right | |
The American Credo / int_da38c13f | comment |
Lamarck Was Right: "That if a woman about to become a mother plays the piano every day, her baby will be born a Victor Herbert." (#10; New #73) | |
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The American Credo / int_da484c4a | type |
Drunken Master | |
The American Credo / int_da484c4a | comment |
Drunken Master: "That General Grant was always soused during a battle, and that on the few occasions when he was sober he got licked." (#422; New #649) | |
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Good Smoking, Evil Smoking | |
The American Credo / int_dab2f3ee | comment |
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: "That a man who smokes cigarettes in a long holder is a parlor-snake, but that the man who smokes a pipe is a 100 percenter." (New #1147) | |
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The American Credo / int_deea2fb5 | type |
Idle Rich | |
The American Credo / int_deea2fb5 | comment |
Idle Rich: "That women who are able to afford servants wear kimonos during the greater part of the day and read best sellers." (#547; New #825) | |
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The American Credo / int_e13cafe | type |
Office Romance | |
The American Credo / int_e13cafe | comment |
Office Romance: "That the stenographer in a business house is always coveted by her employer, who invites her to luncheon frequently, gradually worms his way into her confidence, keeps her after office hours one day, accomplishes her ruin, and then sets her up in a magnificently furnished apartment in Riverside Drive and appeases her old mother by paying the latter's expenses for a summer holiday with her daughter at the seashore." (#154; New #254) | |
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Pretext for War | |
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Pretext for War: "That Hearst instigated the murder of Americans by Mexican thugs in order that the American government might intervene and protect his interests down there from the lawless bands of Mexican soldiers." (New #121) | |
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Hard Head | |
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Hard Head: "That if one hits a negro on the head with a cobblestone, the cobblestone will break." (#213; New #342) | |
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Widow's Weeds | |
The American Credo / int_e2cd1428 | comment |
Widow's Weeds: "That all young widows prolong the period of mourning if they think black becoming." (#589) | |
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Stock Animal Diet | |
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Stock Animal Diet: "That rats and mice subsist entirely on cheese, and that, while such exotic brands as Camembert, Gruyere and Port du Salut are not especially to their taste, American cheese invariably fetches them." (New #2) | |
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Going Commando | |
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Going Commando: "That the young girls of the present day never wear panties." (New #1032) | |
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Empathic Environment | |
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Empathic Environment: "That the steam will rattle in the radiators in a hospital when a patient dies." (New #1151) | |
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There Will Be Toilet Paper | |
The American Credo / int_e3e4daab | comment |
There Will Be Toilet Paper: "That the best way quickly to stop the flow of blood, if one cuts one's self with a razor, is to clap a bit of tissue paper upon the wound." (New #1175) | |
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Ahem | |
The American Credo / int_e5400274 | comment |
Ahem: "That a man who habitually clears his throat before he speaks is generally a self-important hypocrite and a bluffer." (#191; New #311) | |
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The Muse | |
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The Muse: "That being in love with a beautiful woman is a great inspiration to an artist." (#585; New #715) | |
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Mildly Military | |
The American Credo / int_e7c671f3 | comment |
Mildly Military: The folk conception of the peacetime army amounts to this. "That soldiers in the regular army have a very easy time of it in times of peace, and have nothing to do all day long but sit around and play pinochle." (New #419) | |
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Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful! | |
The American Credo / int_e98babd8 | comment |
Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!: "That a jury never convicts a pretty woman." (#419; New #646) | |
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I Never Got Any Letters | |
The American Credo / int_ea51fa45 | comment |
I Never Got Any Letters: "That there are hundreds of letters in the Dead Letter Office whose failure to arrive at their intended destinations was instrumental in separating as many lovers." (#2; New #63) | |
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Dirty Foreigner | |
The American Credo / int_ed906df4 | comment |
Dirty Foreigner: "That Rabindranath Tagore is a great mystic, but that he needs a bath." (New #416) | |
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Evil-Detecting Baby | |
The American Credo / int_edf03f5c | comment |
Evil-Detecting Baby: "That a baby knows instinctively whether a man is good or bad." (#853) | |
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Late to the Punchline | |
The American Credo / int_eea921b7 | comment |
Late to the Punchline: "That it takes an Englishman two days to see a joke, and that he always gets it backward even then." (#424; New #651) | |
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Speaks Fluent Animal | |
The American Credo / int_f1356f5e | comment |
Speaks Fluent Animal: "That Professor Garner was able to carry on long and intimate conversations with monkeys in their own language." (#359; New #463) | |
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The Alleged Car | |
The American Credo / int_f237981e | comment |
The Alleged Boat: "That all excursion boats are so old that if they ran into a drifting beer-keg they would sink." (#11; New #74) | |
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Brainless Beauty | |
The American Credo / int_f26d5e66 | comment |
Brainless Beauty: "That a beautiful woman never has any brains." (#787; New #1060) | |
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Chinese Launderer | |
The American Credo / int_f3d7f7e8 | comment |
Chinese Launderer: "That all Chinese laundrymen sprinkle their laundry by taking a mouthful of water and squirting it out at their wash in a fine spray; and that, whatever the cost of living to a white man, the Chinese laundryman always lives on eight cents a day." (#271; New #410) | |
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Product Placement | |
The American Credo / int_f511ea9b | comment |
Product Placement: "That whenever a vaudeville comedian quotes a familiar commercial slogan, such as 'His Master's Voice', or 'Eventually, why not now?' he is paid $50 a performance for doing so." (#193; New #319) | |
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Old, New, Borrowed and Blue | |
The American Credo / int_f73f26df | comment |
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue: "That if a bride wears an old garter with her new finery, she will have a happy married life." (#121; New #229) | |
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True Art Is Angsty | |
The American Credo / int_f8b3d078 | comment |
True Art Is Angsty: invoked "That a play, a novel, or a short story with a happy ending is necessarily a commercialized and inferior piece of work." (#75; New #169) | |
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Haunted House | |
The American Credo / int_f9439c84 | comment |
Haunted House: "That every small village has a haunted house." (#802; New #1089) | |
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Loan Shark | |
The American Credo / int_fb5ab090 | comment |
Loan Shark: "That Henry Ford is against the Jews because he tried to borrow $50,000,000 from them and they demanded 10 per cent. a month." (#862; New #1010) | |
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Evil-Detecting Dog | |
The American Credo / int_ff6ae1f6 | comment |
Evil-Detecting Dog: "That if a dog is fond of a man it is an infallible sign that the man is a good sort, and one to be trusted." (#134; New #233) | |
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