Anatomy of a Joke
Back in October, I checked out a few Halloween themed books for Lilia. I read her this one: Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters
, and thought, what is the point of this? It was filled with simple tongue twisters that did not twist my tongue. I read through it once and thought I would return it quickly. Well, when Daddy and Lilia read it, hilarity ensued. Daddy immediately stumbled over phrases, and they cracked up for hours over, “Which witches britches itch?” (which wasn’t easy to type… it’s not only a tongue twister, but a finger twister).
I decided to check out the joke books in the children’s section, and found this one:
What Do You Hear When Cows Sing?: And Other Silly Riddles
So… do you know? Do you know? What do you hear when cows sing??
Moosic, of course!
Well, now Lilia is practicing her joke telling, and always trying to come up with new ones. Here’s her latest:
Where does a dog park his car?
In a Barking Space!
In case you were wondering how a three (almost four) year old can write her own jokes, I will explain the process…
We were driving up the hill home, and I said aloud, “I hope there is a parking space in front of the house.” Lilia sees two dogs waiting to cross the street, and blurts out, “Barking Space” and cracks up. Barking Space! So then I came up with the “Where does a dog park his car?” bit, based on her punchline.
Sadly, there was not a barking (nor a parking) space in front of our house.