Oh, yeah. That’s true. I remember being mystified by that one as a child.
Teaching jokes to children is a strange business because they seem to go through a phase where they enthusiastically tell jokes that aren’t funny, as if they don’t appreciate humor. It hardly matters what kind of joke you tell them.
That was one of the first “jokes” I ever heard, and I think I was nineteen when I finally realized it was supposed to be anti-humor.
Oh, yeah. That’s true. I remember being mystified by that one as a child.
Teaching jokes to children is a strange business because they seem to go through a phase where they enthusiastically tell jokes that aren’t funny, as if they don’t appreciate humor. It hardly matters what kind of joke you tell them.