At the weekend, I tried to teach Bernard about “knock, knock” jokes, and made a complete mess of it. So over the last few days, we’ve been hearing a lot of variations on the following themes. Warning: surreal humour follows.
B: Knock knock!
Me: Who’s there?
B: Ah… Mrs Connors!
This last line is delivered in a sing-song voice and with a cheeky smile that leaves you in no doubt that it is intended as the punchline. If you dare to go further, then you’ll be rewarded with something like:
Me: Mrs Connors who?
B: Ah… a blanket!
It’s all my own fault. The problem is, one of the first “knock knock” jokes I tried to tell him was a non-standard one. I tried to teach him to run, before he could fly. See if you can spot exactly which rogue “knock knock” joke it was:
B: Knock knock!
Me: Who’s there?
B: An interrupting cow *(sounds more like “a truptin cow” but we know what he’s trying to say)*
Me: An interrupting cow who?
B: Ah… Mr Connors!
It’s an absurd and surreal brilliance.
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He’s changed it. Now, you have to say “Mrs Connors who?”
And what happens then?
He sings “Mr Corners!”
Also, if you tell him a knock-knock joke, he now does the “who” line, but he never gets the joke. Maybe I need better knock-knock jokes.
K: knock knock
B: who’s there?
K: postman
B: postman who?
K Postman Pat!
a few moments later
B: knock knock
K: who’s there?
B: postman pat!
K: postman pat who?
B: mrs corners!
Bless him. He’s trying his best.
Brilliant. He’s moved beyond knock knock jokes already and into surrealism. Clever kid.