This is all my mom's fault.

[conuly]

I've been teaching Ana jokes lately. Why the woman threw the butter out the window, why the ghost had a band-aid, why six is afraid of seven (because of seven of nine, apparently, which is just hysterical), and "orange you glad...?" and all that.

My mom had previously told me that sooner or later, kids get the riddle structure without understanding the riddle concept, so you get jokes like "What's green and on your head? YOUR HAT! HAHAHAHAHA!" and whatnot.

Well, today Ana visited in my room (they're moving! This weekend! Yeah!) and asked me "Why is your room cold? Wait, you say 'I don't know', Connie. Why is your room cold?"

Me: (oh no, oh no!) Uh... I don't know?

Ana: Because... because... It's COLD outside! *grins and giggles*

Me: Yeah.... Hey, wait here a second?

*goes outside*

THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, MOMMY!

*goes back in*

Ana: Why is...

Me: Ana? Let's not play jokes right now, okay?

Ana: Okay.


This is NOT good. I hope she grows out of it soon.

Comments

[sayga.livejournal.com]

it's probably not as fun HEARING them all day long, but it is fun reading them in a condensed format. i remember when my brother learned to try out jokes.
knock knock.
who's there?
water.
water who?
can i have a glass of water?
and then of course you have to hear the SAME one about 20 times in a row...

[conuly]

it's probably not as fun HEARING them all day long

Why do you think I taught this to Ana? I'm not paid enough, you know.

[peaseblossom03.livejournal.com]

When my sister was little, one of her favorites was:

"Knock knock."
"Who's there?"
"Apple."
"Apple who?"
"Apple I'm glad I'm not a banana! HAHAHAHA!!"

Then one day when she was nine, she came up with:
"Why was the man playing baseball naked?"
"I don't know, why?"
"Because he was playing centerfold!"
Not bad for a munchkin ;)

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

It's fascinating that kids do that--somehow get the "structure" part down before anything else.

Well, fascinating from over here. ::grins:: Not so much from where you're sitting right now, I imagine.

[leora.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine tried to teach a young boy the knock knock banana, orange you glad, etc. joke.

The young boy ended up doing the following joke:

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange... orange!

And then did a few others where the answer was always the original thing repeated.

[conuly]

That's actually making me laugh out loud. Not *very* loud, but still.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

it's probably not as fun HEARING them all day long, but it is fun reading them in a condensed format. i remember when my brother learned to try out jokes.
knock knock.
who's there?
water.
water who?
can i have a glass of water?
and then of course you have to hear the SAME one about 20 times in a row...

[conuly]

it's probably not as fun HEARING them all day long

Why do you think I taught this to Ana? I'm not paid enough, you know.

[peaseblossom03.livejournal.com]

When my sister was little, one of her favorites was:

"Knock knock."
"Who's there?"
"Apple."
"Apple who?"
"Apple I'm glad I'm not a banana! HAHAHAHA!!"

Then one day when she was nine, she came up with:
"Why was the man playing baseball naked?"
"I don't know, why?"
"Because he was playing centerfold!"
Not bad for a munchkin ;)

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

It's fascinating that kids do that--somehow get the "structure" part down before anything else.

Well, fascinating from over here. ::grins:: Not so much from where you're sitting right now, I imagine.

[leora.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine tried to teach a young boy the knock knock banana, orange you glad, etc. joke.

The young boy ended up doing the following joke:

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange... orange!

And then did a few others where the answer was always the original thing repeated.

[conuly]

That's actually making me laugh out loud. Not *very* loud, but still.