Humor: the Census

Census Taker: "Good morning, madam, I’m taking the census."

Old Lady: "The what?"

Census Taker: "The c-e-n-s-u-s!"

Old Lady: "For lans sakes! What with tramps takin’ everythin’ they kin lay their han’s on, young folks takin’ fotygrafs of ye without so much as askin’, an’ impudent fellows comin’ roun’ as wants ter take yer senses, pretty soon there won’t be nothin’ left ter take, I’m thinkin’."

–1890 Harper’s Weekly