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We took the above book out of the library for Tabitha, and well, you can probably imagine the caliber of humor contained in the book. In fact, I challenged myself to do just that and imagine/guess the punchlines for every joke in the book. I’ve said it before: it’s impossible to shut off the puzzle maker’s brain.
And so it came to pass, Liz read the book aloud to Tabitha and I attempted to finish each one. Some were easy to get: “What’s Garfield the Cat’s middle name?” (“The”) and “What does a dog have on top of his house?” (“A Woof”). And then, there were numerous jokes that were either just poorly written or missing a key word to signal the joke. For example: “What’s white fluffy and barks?” (“Pupcorn”) … Pupcorn?!?! Seriously? If you’re going to write that joke don’tcha need the word “movie” in there somewhere in the lead-in? If that’s all that it takes to write a children’s joke book, somebody get a publisher on the phone because I’ve got a winner.
Anyway, it inspired Tabitha to make her own jokes. “What do you do with a baker’s shop?” (“You eat it”). And “What do you get when mix up cats and dogs?” (“Cats and dogs”). Great stuff. I see a career in entertainment in her future.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
What do Kermit the Frog, Catherine the Great, and Attila the Hun have in common?
Went over my 15 minutes, but my husband was talking the whole time so . . . Fun puzzle.
My 5 1/2 year old granddaughter Annabel’s joke:
“Why should you not give Elsa a balloon?”
“She’ll let it go.”
Variation:
“Why shouldn’t you give Anna a hamster?”
nother fine puzzle
French stuff sometimes trips me up but I guessed right on this one. Nice puz. How’s her timing?
Not to mention 8D
Thanks. I love Tabitha’s “Cats and dogs” joke. It’s a good sign that she was ready to create her own jokes, and at her young age, she’s already better than most network sitcom writers. The sky’s the limit!