Every week at Awana, Commander Keith (aka my Dad) tells a joke to the clubbers. Usually, he’ll start out by saying, “I have a very important question for you tonight.” He proceeds to set up the joke and ask the joke’s question (“Why didn’t the moon want any lunch?” or “Why did the racecar driver buy lettuce at the grocery store?”). The kids, after hearing the first half of the joke, are desperate to answer. Hands shoot into the air, and they do that dancey, bouncy, arm wiggley motion. Dad then says, “Well, we’ll come back to that in a minute,” and tells the Bible story for the night. After the lesson has been taught, he re-asks the question and allows a few kids to try and answer the joke. They usually have pretty amusing guesses, but they’re wrong 99% of the time. Finally, he’ll answer the question (“Because it was a full moon!” or “Because he wanted to get a head!”). I usually have about six or seven clubbers turn to me after the joke and say, “What? I don’t get it.” Which means I have to explain the joke.
Recently, Dad has been having joke challenges. Clubbers have been coming to him with jokes of their own, so he sets it up that he’ll tell a joke, and one student challenger will tell a joke, and the clubbers “vote” (by applause) for which one they like better. Dad always seems to lose the popular vote, but he takes it pretty well.
ANYWAY, all of that was backstory. Now on to the real reason for the post. Here were the two jokes fom last night:
1. A bunch of symphony instruments were stranded on a desert island. They happened to find a treasure chest buried in the sand, but it was locked. How did they get it open? (The piano had keys!)
2. What do Kentucky Fried Chicken, an ear of corn, and the US Army have in common? (They all have colonels/kernels!)
I was chatting with a pair of brothers after Awana was over.
Younger brother: “Which joke did you like better?”
Me: “I liked the one about the musical instruments.”
YB [to older brother]: “Which one did YOU like better?”
OB: “You tell me first.”
YB: “No.”
OB: “He never chooses until I do first.”
YB [thoughtfully]: “Which one is more godly?”
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*A stick!! (This is my favorite joke ever, and it’s funny with every demographic. Go ahead, try it out. Thank me later.)