ATDTDA (17): Prince Albert (468.20)

[Tim Strzechowski]

"They stepped out a side door into an alleyway, and Mayva took out her corncob pipe and stuffed it with Prince Albert" (p. 468).


Re: Mayva's corncob pipe:
 
http://www.corncobpipe.com/
 

Prince Albert in a Can is a practical joke, usually made in the form of a prank call. The humor of the joke hinges on a double entendre on the name of Prince Albert brand pipe tobacco sold by John Middleton, Inc.
The teller of the joke usually calls a store and asks if they carry "Prince Albert in a can". When the unsuspecting clerk responds "yes", the caller follows up with "Well you better let him out then!"

There are also variants of the joke involving King Edward brand cigars (named for Edward VII) and Martha White brand flour. The prank caller inquires if the store has "King Edward in a box".

Perhaps with the help of this humorous publicity, Prince Albert is one of the more popular independent brands of pipe tobacco in the United States. More recently, it has also become available in the form of pipe-tobacco cigars. The blend is burley-based and remains one of America's top-selling pipe tobaccos. [...]

http://www.answers.com/topic/prince-albert-in-a-can

http://tinyurl.com/3xdoty


Some information on the man himself:
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/albert_prince.shtml
 

Um ... stumbled onto this along the way ...
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_piercing


... and Tim, thus:

http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/wilhelmtk4.html

http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/