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.<\/p>\n
B: Knock knock!
\nMe: Who’s there?
\nB: Ah… Mrs Connors!<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
Me: Mrs Connors who?
\nB: Ah… a blanket!<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
B: Knock knock!
\nMe: Who’s there?
\nB: An interrupting cow *(sounds more like “a truptin cow” but we know what he’s trying to say)*
\nMe: An interrupting cow who?
\nB: Ah… Mr Connors!<\/p>\n
It’s an absurd and surreal brilliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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