Daniel's Blue and Gold Banquet is this Tuesday night. Each den is to perform a skit. The meeting during which Daniel's den was to plan their skit was canceled due to snow. So...with no skit to perform and no time to prepare one, Daniel's den leader has asked each boy to come prepared to tell a joke.
Joke-telling in front of a large group can be a dicey prospect. Long jokes with lots of details tend to flop, especially when the comedian in question is only nine years old. We're thinking DP needs to focus on something really quick and easy to tell, but also packing a lot of humorous punch.
We spent the breakfast hour this morning telling jokes in hopes that Daniel would fine that perfect joke that he could tell. I personally laughed until I cried. We told some good ones. These are our three finalists:
Joke #1: Guy goes skydiving. When he pulls the ripcord on his parachute, nothing happens. He looks around, frantically, and sees some guy coming toward him, shooting right up off the ground. As they guy flies past, he says "HEY! Do you know anything about parachutes?" The other guy says "No! Do you know anything about gas stoves?"
Joke #2: Guy gets found after spending years alone on a deserted island. A member of the rescue party sees three makeshift tents and asks what they are for. The guy says "Well, this one's where I live, and that one's where I go to church. And that one over there's where I used to go to church."
Joke #3, courtesy of Uncle Paul: A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says "Why the long face?"
Here's where you come in. Please leave a comment and vote for your favorite joke. Or leave a new joke of your own. Anything off-color or profanity-laden will obviously be ineligible for the banquet, but feel free to tell it anyway! It feels good to laugh......
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As I'm reading the first two paragraphs, the horse-long-face joke comes to mind. Then I read Paul's input. I guess I'm now completely out of ideas. . . but will plug my nine year old and get back to you!! Best of luck, DP!
First one is good. Horse joke is a must.
From Christine: "What's a cat's favorite color? Puuuurrrr-ple!"
I like #1 the best.
A good Knock Knock joke is always good too, but maybe not for a group. Here's one of my favs:
Knock knock
who's there?
Interrupting Cow
Interupting c...
MOoooooo (said before the other person can finish saying who.)
This one might be a little long but I think it would go over well:
A man and his dog walk into a bar. The man says to the bartender “I'll bet you a round of beers that my dog can talk." Bartender agrees. Man asks “What covers a house?" - dog says “Roof!” Man asks "How does sandpaper feel?" - dog says “Rough!" Man asks "Who was the greatest ball player of all time?" - dog says "Ruth!" Bartender throws them both out. Dog looks at the Man and says “think I should have said Mantle?”
Gotta go with #3, the horse story. Best one ever.
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