The miserable loafer and his prostitute wife

No, that headline does NOT refer to our illustrious former president and the ambitious junior senator from the great state of New York.

Rather, it refers to a hillarious census enumeration I stumbled across in my ancestral peregrinations.

I know, I know. Some of ye socks scold me for too many family history posts. It's not your cup of tea, or whatever.

But, this one has cross-over appeal.

In case you're unfamiliar with these old records, the census taker had to collect all kinds of information on everybody in town.

Well, back in 1880, the person who collected this sort of info in Flint, Michigan, was either an aspiring comedian or a very judgemental person.

Click on the image above, and take a good look at the occupations listed for everyone in this household on Saginaw Street.

If it doesn't make you laugh, then you're missing a funnybone somewhere!