As an interlude between weightier posts on Daoist ritual and suchlike, here’s a selection from the excellent 1981 Punch collection If the caption fits—covering art, historiography, and sinology:
Cf. my Spot the ball competition; and for a drôle Berlioz caption, see here.
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Punch 1. You’re right! Let’s call it “Ted Edward’s Bed”. I think people will love it!
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Punch 2.Winner of the Stirling Prize for social housing 2018.
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For §2, how about “Early experiments with croquet had to await the invention of the ball”
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#4: Tips for fieldworkers. “It’s always wise to identify a manageable fieldsite”
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Punch 4 These days people think they are Zheng He if they just take a ferry.
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Punch 3 : Kathleen :”I apologise unreservedly Jeremy, if my inappropriate behaviour under the mistletoe cause you any embarrassment.”
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