Tonight I was over at my parents’ for dinner. Bess, Joseph and I were cleaning up in the kitchen afterward.

Joseph: Hey Anne, what do you call a guy with no arms and no legs on your doorstep?

Anne: Um, I don’t know.

J: Matt!

A: Heh, heh, that’s pretty good.

J: What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging on your wall?

A: …?

Bess: Art!

A: [laughs a bit harder this time]

J: What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs floating in a pond?

J & B: Bob!

Okay, after this much of the conversation, it was game on. The three of us stood there trying to come up with as many of these jokes as possible. Somehow, with each successive joke, the fact that the guy had no arms and no legs became less and less important, and they had a hilarious cumulative effect (read: Anne was doubled over with laughter). Here’s a sample of the surprisingly large set of jokes we made up. I’ve even put the answers at the bottom so you can attempt to figure them out on your own first.

1. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the morning?
2. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs plugged into a sound system?
3. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in a hole?
4. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs who is a thief?
5. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs between two tires?
6. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs and a speech impediment during a thunderstorm?
7. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs holding up a car?
8. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs with a lot of cash?
9. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs who is on fire?
10. What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs going fishing?

Answers:
1. Don
2. Mike
3. Phil
4. Rob
5. Axel
6. Wayne
7. Jack
8. Bill (we decided that his brother could be Buck)
9. Cole
10. Rod