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Knock Knock ... DON'T ANSWER!!!
...who's there? Someone with a much less developed sense of humor than I have. I cannot, but CANNOT bear being subjected to one. more. stupid. joke. Who invented knock-knock jokes? And where can I find them so I can lock Flipper in a room with him or her, and let THEM listen to her endless, endless "jokes." Because they aren't jokes at all...they are some vague, weird approximation of a joke. Here is a prime example.
"Knock knock."
(silence)
"MOMMY!!! I SAID KNOCK KNOCK!!"
(big sigh) "Who's there?" (cringe)
"Rainbow!"
(big sigh) "Rainbow who?"
"Rainbow in the sky!"
(big sigh) (please make it stop!!!)
Her sense of humor - if one can call it that - is so very primitive and utterly beyond me. Sadly, sarcasm is lost on her (she thinks it is mean), slapstick is hilarious, (but only to her) and, blessedly, potty humor hasn't entered our house yet, and if I have my way, it never will. The humor (or lack thereof) is one of those things best shared with a friend or a sibling, and in our house the dogs just don't cut it as a good sounding board. I shudder to imagine what comes next in
the trajectory of humor development, but the sooner she gets to sarcasm the better-as long as she's laughing with me, not at me!
Because that day will come soon enough, won't it?
Leigh appears Fridays on TriangleMom2Mom. Read more about Leigh on her blog Flipper and Me.
Leigh Sparacino
Leigh is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Monday.
Leigh grew up in Durham, attended college in North Carolina, left the area for an island off the coast of Georgia, the high mountains of Colorado, and her favorite mountains in western North Carolina, before returning to the Triangle eight years ago. She lives near Carrboro with her 4.5-year-old daughter Flipper and two dogs. She is single in marital status only, surrounded by friends, family, and her daughter's very involved and loving father. She works part-time and tries to be as involved as possible in her daughter's school, The Emerson Waldorf School, where Flipper is a kindergartner. She likes wood, glass and other natural materials for toys, loves the principles of Waldorf education and hates plastic. She might be the only person in the world with no TV and who hasn't been to a movie in 15 years, but races to the mailbox every Saturday for the most recent issue of People magazine. In other words, a contradiction. Or just human.
Leigh appears Fridays on TriangleMom2Mom. Read more about Leigh on her blog Flipper and Me.
Comments
LOL! Trevor is the same age as Flipper and he LOVES knock knock jokes also. And they are very similiar to Flippers. But since he's a boy, I have the double whammy of BATHROOM humored knock knock jocks. Oh, my.
My daughter went through that phase at the end of the school year into early summer. I think we finally got it through to her that they are NOT funny. Don't worry; we were nice about letting her know! I was able to teach her some that are considered funny (not really) and she lost interest. I'm hoping she doesn't pick up anymore in Kindergarten.
She's in question phase right now. We can't get through anything without her talking the whole time!!
Matthew. As in, ma tthewlace is untied. Yes, it's my favorite knock knock joke.
I probably have a little more patience with them now that the jokes my kids tell are usually pretty funny.
But if you're at your wits end, take a nice long bath. then dwain the tub. (I'm dwoning.) My second favorite. Yes, you're welcome.