Your head is like his behind

If McGill liked a joke then he was quite happy to use it again and again if he could. This is a classic example with six (so far!) different printings using the same joke. 

The earliest version is this one, E.S 3104 which is postmarked 1911 but was probably published in 1907 or 1908. (Thanks to David White for sending me this version.)

Then he reused the joke in a totally different setting for this card published by Joseph Asher & Co., No. A26 which is postmarked 1914.

Of the others one returns to the seaside setting while the other three are set in a church. All updated versions from the late 1920s to the late 1930s / early 1940s.

Published by Inter-Art Co. Ltd.
Comique Series No. 5106

Published by Inter-Art Co. Ltd.
Comique Series No. 7785 (Postmarked 1947)

Published by D. Constance Ltd., No. 1041 (Postmarked 1946)	Published by D. Constance Ltd., No. 1041

           

Sponging his Aspidistra

This wonderful double entendre has been published in two versions. I'm sure a fashion expert could probably pinpoint which came first.

In the early part of the 20th century almost every middle class home would have had an aspidistra plant.

Both cards are published by D. Constance Ltd., No. 1038


Both versions have the "Keep Saving For A Rainy Day" rhyme on the reverse. I also have a copy of the card on the right which doesn't have the rhyme and could indicate that it is the later version.