J-dog: "Hey, Mama, knock-knock!"
Me: "Who's there?"
J-dog: "Banana pants."
Me: "Banana pants who?"
J-dog: "BANANA PANTS!!!!"
Riotous laughter ensues. The J-dog and his sister high-five each other, practically falling off their chairs from the hilarity of it all.When they've recovered, I take a stab at explaining the delicate nuances of linguistic humor and break down the anatomy of a knock-knock joke for them.
"Well, you have the delivery part down, J-dog, but what you need is a good punchline - an amusing play on words that tells a story while catching your audience off guard. Like this: Knock-knock!"
J-dog and V-meister, in unison: "Who's there?"
Me: "Boo."
J-dog and V-meister: "Boo who?"
Me: "Don't cry, it's just a knock-knock joke."
(Blank stares followed by polite chuckling)
Me: "Do you see how that works, kids? It's funny because 'boo-who' sounds like someone's crying, am I right?"
The two of them ponder this for a moment, and then V-meister has a lightbulb moment.
"OK, Mama. I got a good one for you. Knock-knock!"
J-dog and I, in unison: "Who's there?"
V-meister: "Banana cake!"
J-dog and I: "Banana cake who?"
V-meister: "BANANA CAKE!!!!!"
She can barely cough out the punchline because she is already ROTFLing. The J-dog gives her a standing ovation from his high chair and, if truth be told, I have trouble suppressing giggles of my own.
There's just something about bananas.
(They have a certain appeal.)
18 comments:
Oh, kids and their jokes! It must be an inside joke :)
Banana is indeed a funny word. I'd be cracking up.
BANANA PANTS!!!
I remember this phase with my first two. The jokes that made no sense at all but they laughed hysterically. And then one day, Shark said, "What do ducks like in the soup?"
"Quakers!"
Well, finally!
MQ was the same way - so I lookedup jokes on line to try to teach her and get her some actual JOKES. it all started with my dad at the zoo
"llama"
"llama who"
"llama llama ding dong."
'They have a certain appeal' LOL
'Banana Pants' ROFLMAO
'Banana cake' AH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I love your kids!
Have you taught them the Bisquick one? I'm kinda hoping my five year old doesn't tell his teacher where he learned it, but it does has a punchline plus potty humor. A sure hit.
Knock knock...
Who's there?
Bisquick!
Bisquick who?
Bisquick... your pants are on fire!!!!!!
Knock Knock!
Who's There?
Boogers McGhee!
Boogers McGhee who?
BOOGERS MCGHEE!!!!
Linguistic nuance is totally overrated.
That's great! I've been trying to get pregnant and reading What to Expect When You're Expecting is scary. It's stuff like this that makes me realize that the "ring of fire," stretch marks and peeing a little when I laugh will reap great rewards!
Ah, I can't get my 5-yr-old to understand them either. The only one he can remember is the banana, banana, banana, orange one. But even then he really doesn't understand the joke.
*sigh*
Ah, children humor. Who gets it?
I'd vote for "Banana Head"
I laugh all the time whenever I say anything followed by "head".
Ha ha! I love it!
"Appeal"... snort!
You know, whatever works ... as long as they're laughing together and not making each other cry, it's a bonus :).
That is priceless. Bananas? Ah, what entertainment!
Love it! Mine do the knock knock thing with no punchline too. Crack me up!
Today's joke?
the word Parallelogram. Yes, really. :)
I loved this post! Reminds me so much of our household. Except all the knock knock jokes have something to do with a "bottom" and then riotous laughing ensues..
All our preschool jokes revolve around poop.
Poop, poop, poop.
Actually, it is pretty funny.
You've just taken me back about fifteen years when our middle son was a huge fan of the Knock-Knock joke. Thanks for the smile.
lol!!!
There's just SOMETHING about bananas......
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