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1918: What is a suitable age difference?

Had the husband been that much older there would have been no comments as described here.

This cartoon strikes a contemporary note since it reminds us of the newly elected President of the French Republic.

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1918: The wrong people are affluent

The profiteer’s wife shows all the defects of her status: badly dressed, badly spoken and richer than she ought to be. Even until well after the war profiteers continued to feature in the pages of Punch. The message was always the same: they ‘ought’ not be so wealthy. They don’t know how to behave. The upper middle class readers of Punch know better.

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1918: Consequence of peace

I assume that this reflects the end of the war. Hating all things German, including German music, had been the order of the day. This cartoon suggests that this hatred is not easily turned off.

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I have a problem. I can’t show Punch cartoons which is the whole point of this thread. Each link to the hosting site, photobucket, isn’t showing up. When I click on the link I just get the message saying

i60.photobucket.com redirected you too many times.

It then suggests that I clear my cookies. I have done that. No success. Then I switched off and on again. Still no success. Can anyone suggests what I need to do? I am completely stuck.

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Might be better to add this to the Tech section, plenty bods give good advice on there.

PS. i cant see any of your photos, suggests Photobucket problem.

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Well that's a shame, and I hope you can sort it out.

I don't know much about Photobucket, but is there a limit to how much you can upload to it? Is it possible you have exceeded a limit and, if so, perhaps you can delete some of the older pictures.

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I experienced some linking problems last night. You might like to read this Photobucket support page:

http://blog.photobucket.com/status/

In view of this, the problem may be temporary and clear up when Photobucket has fixed the site. Keep an eye on the support page.

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Thank you mart. This is very reassuring. I shall do exactly as you suggest.

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Normal service has been restored.

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1918: Auctioneer has got it wrong

Deputising for the livestock expert this auctioneer is unfamiliar with the use of the word ‘pony’ meaning 25 pounds.

Nothing to do with the war this cartoon is a harbinger of more peace time humour.

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Good to see everything back up and running once more.