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Julie(O.K. It's '84. Reese is up for the Hall--for either the first Veteran's time or last Sportswriter's time--he made it too. I don't know who told me the joke. Because of a place i lived once, I pictured "PeeWee (locked in) the toilet" And that's the truth!):
PeeWee and Duke are waiting for a train, and Duke has "PeeWee belongs in the Hall" sticker on his bag. Reese objects; makes him embarassed to be called attention to like that. So Duke says: So would you prefer "PeeWee belongs in the terlet?"
That's the stupid joke. I know only an idiot wouldn't get it, and only an idiot would tell it. But the Barnings knew i wasn't an idiot. And I'd think one example of idiocy could be forgiven. Frank had published "Men Against Red," and a jingle i wrote about "14 Pete Roses in 3 differen t poses/ in one pack of Donruss cards" (which I really got, too!)
Like i said, it was a month later that i figured out why I'd suddenly gotten the cold shoulder.
See, in Hyde Park, in Chicago, "Pee Wee" was never used for pee, either the verb or the noun. I just wasn't used to it! (I assume this is also true where Reese grew up, since he was named after a marble!)