[ifinnegan]

I get it now.

I’m a bit younger, in my 50’s, and didn’t grow up in an urban environment where there were a lot of elevators.

Department stores had escalators.

[HotHunt]

I didn't grow up in an urban environment either. I was a military brat and traveled around a lot in my youth with my parents who were both military. I don't think I've ever been in an elevator in a department store. At age 71, I haven't been in a department store for many decades. Now I buy everything online.

But like I said, I saw lots of old movies on TV and listened to old vaudeville acts and comedy sketches on the radio when I was young, with this very gag line in it.

It would be interesting to know where it started and why people thought it was funny. People nowadays would think most of the stuff I laughed when I was younger was not funny or they wouldn't get it at all.

Our society and culture have changed and will continue to do so. And not necessarily for the better, I believe.

People should be able to laugh at life and not take offense at everything they see or hear. It is because of that, I blame the liberals for taking the fun and levity out of life and our country.