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Whoopee cushions are inflated by blowing into the flapped opening. "Self-inflating" cushions have an interior sponge that keeps them in a normally expanded state, and do not require inflation. The cushion is then placed under a seat cushion or other material, for someone unsuspecting to sit on — forcing the air out, causing the flap to ...
The most notable joke device [dubious – discuss] is the whoopee cushion [citation needed]. Although commonly employed at events and gatherings, practical joke devices are sometimes seen in everyday life, for example as a mechanism of play by children, or among adult co-workers in a work environment. In addition to commercially manufactured ...
Whoopee cushion – natives of the great plains were known to use animal bladders as whoopee cushions to play practical jokes on each other. They were so popular, a common Lakota myth actually depicts a sorcerer using an animal bladder to put a spell of flatulence on a girl who spurned him.
Archeologist Warwick Ball asserts that the Roman Emperor Elagabalus played practical jokes on his guests, employing a whoopee cushion-like device at dinner parties. [5]
Early 20th century Ventriloquism Guide and novelties catalogue. Johnson Smith Company (Johnson Smith & Co.) was a mail-order business established in 1914 by Alfred Johnson Smith that sold novelty items and gag gifts such as miniature cameras, invisible ink, x-ray goggles, whoopee cushions, fake vomit, and joy buzzers.
In 1930, the JEM Rubber Co. of Toronto, Canada, approached Sam with their new invention; a small, green, blow-up ball called Whoopee, which was to become the famous whoopee cushion. Sam said that "the whole idea seemed too indelicate" [2] and would never sell. JEM Rubber then went and offered the idea to other distributors including Johnson ...
1.1 A Roman Emperor invented the Whoopee Cushion. 9 comments. 1.2 Western Chu. 8 comments. Toggle the table of contents.
Whoopee or whoopie, a euphemism for sexual intercourse; Whoopee!, a 1928 musical comedy Whoopee!, a 1930 adaptation of the musical; Whoopee!, a British comic book magazine of the 1970s and '80s; Whoopee cap, a type of zigzagged felt cap; Whoopee cushion, a practical joking device that mimics flatulence; Whoopie pie, a kind of cookie sandwich