Knock, knock!
Who’s There?
Ash.
Ash who?
Bless you!
Explanation: Ash who? Sounds like “Achoo!” “Achoo” is how the sound of a sneeze is written in English in the United States. So when the asker asks “Ash who?” it sounds like Achoo! And if someone sneezes you say “Bless you!”
Q: Why did Cinderella get kicked off the soccer team? 
A: Because she ran away from the ball!
Explanation: Cinderella went to that fancy dance party in her fancy dress. That fancy dance party is called “a ball.” So is the sphere that soccer players kick- a ball. This joke plays on the word “ball.” And soccer players can’t run away from the ball!
Q: What did the 0 say to the 8?
A: Nice belt!
Explanation: The number zero sees an eight and thinks it is just like me, a zero, so it must have a belt. Numbers thinking crazy thoughts! That’s funny!
Q: Why was 6 afraid of 7?
A: Because 7, 8, 9!
Explanation: If you read the numbers is sounds like seven-eight (ate)-nine. And if I were 6, I, too, would be afraid of seven if it is eating other numbers, such as nine! Seven ate the nine!
Q: Why did the child study in the airplane?
A: He wanted a higher education!
Explanation: Higher education: that means studies beyond high school such as going to the university. Higher education does not refer to altitude, like studying while high in the sky; that’s why it’s funny.
Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A. Frostbite.
Explanation: This is a common type of joke that is funny because you cross (combine) one thing with another (usually two things that do not go together). In this case a snowman (like Frosty the Snowman?) with a vampire (that bites people). Funny! Click this link to learn more about Frostbite. Frost is the ice that is formed on the ground when the temperature goes below freezing.
Q. What did the grape do when it got stepped on?
A. It let out a little wine!
Explanation: Wine is made from grapes. Traditionally (that is, a long time ago), grapes were “pressed” by stepping them ( did you see the scene in A Walk in the Clouds?) to get the juice out. “Whine,” which sounds the same as “wine,” means to complain a little bit about something. A child might whine about having to eat something he or she doesn’t like; you might whine if someone stepped on you, kind of like the grapes in the joke.
Q. Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
A. They don’t have the guts.
Explanation: To “have guts” is to be brave. If you “don’t have the guts” to do something it means you are scared to do it. “Guts” are your innards, your internal organs (heart, lung, liver, …). This joke plays on the idea that skeletons don’t have guts (they are nothing but bones so they have no internal organs), or are they scared. The double meaning of the word “guts” makes this joke funny.
Q: What did the water say to the boat?
A: Nothing, it just waved.
Explanation: “Wave” is what you do when you move your hand as if saying hello. “Wave” is also the name for a way the top of the water moves: the raised part of the water that moves toward the shore is a wave. This joke plays on the word “wave” and is funny because the water waves (as if saying hello) while the water has waves (the raised part of the water).
Q. Why do sea-gulls fly over the sea?
A. Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels!
Explanation: This joke plays on the words seagull (a bird) and bagel (a round bread shaped like a donut). There is no such thing as a bay gull but there is a bagel and both sound the same- that’s why it is funny!
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