Forty years later, Dad met the man responsible, and he told him how impressed he had been. Watch out, they can sometimes be offensive! Is there any way to make that happen?” Billy nodded. I’m an ether bunny.’” —Lisa Ann Turay. Twitter has many parody accounts as well, where people pretend to be fictional or famous people like this fake account of Mark Zuckerberg (the creator of Facebook). The band was Hall & Oates, and this... My mother was hard of hearing and wore a hearing aid that she removed at bedtime. “Baltimore,” said Dad. —Bill Woodman. Some memes use non sequiturs (be warned that some memes use crude language!). Comedian Summer Ray and Jen Doll have great one-liner jokes that use observations about life to make funny comments. This was my favorite: There was a young lady named Mabel. “Yesterday was my 18th birthday!” a customer said after walking into our convenience store. Feeling down about my thinning hair, I told a friend, “Soon I’ll never need to go back to the beauty salon. Me: OK, I’ll have a Coke. Long story short: Jokes come in all shapes and sizes. “Oh, relax. These make a class interesting and funny, and help engage learners with various cultures. For some great examples of one-liners, watch some videos of the late comedian Mitch Hedberg. He storms back to the yard sale and tells the previous owner, “I can’t get the mower to start!” “That’s because you have to curse to get it started,” says the man. Because it’s so short, it’s really important to understand every word or you can miss the meaning. Humor is an important part of any culture. “I finally got it!” —Susan Wall. If my father was in a doctor’s waiting room and saw another old-timer looking dejected, he’d shuffle up and tell him, “A rabbit goes to the dentist, and the dentist says, ‘I need to pull a tooth, but I’ll give you Novocain.’ The rabbit answered, ‘Uh-uh! Since the coronavirus outbreak, my 47-year-old son has been washing his hands religiously. When my Dad got out of the Army, a friend gave him a job as a “diesel fitter” at his ladies’ undergarments factory. I loved the dress that I bought at a flea market. I wore it confidently to an evening... Dad always bragged about the gunners on his ship. Without her, man is nothing.” —Susan Allen. —Marybeth Martens Cobble. My daughter is now a college graduate and lives out of state, but every time I cross those tracks, I think of her. You’re never too cool for school with these school jokes. How fast were you planning on going? In case you don’t quite “get it” (understand), the quote is explaining the difference between a comic and a comedian. It left its tracks.” I got a moan the first couple of Sundays. Scene: A sports store. I don’t even remember how to curse.” “You keep pulling on that rope, and it’ll come back to you.” —Submitted by Rose Mattix. Me: That’s quite the age difference! You rarely get one of these old wheat pennies nowadays,” I said, tapping the sheaf... One of my wife’s third graders was wearing a Fitbit watch, which prompted my wife to ask, “Are you tracking your steps?” “No,” said the little girl. Then one day in a men’s room, a man walked out of a stall. We are no longer supporting IE (Internet Explorer) as we strive to provide site experiences for browsers that support new web standards and security practices. You also need to understand how changing the order of English words changes the meaning. “Yeah, I got in a lot of trouble for that,” the gunner said. —Mria Murillo. IKEA is a Swedish furniture store that’s famous for selling furniture that you assemble, or put together, on your own at home. Not all jokes are positive, either. During a job interview at the 99 Cents store, my son was asked, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” My son’s reply: “At the Dollar Store.” He got... Two guys stole a calendar. We call him the Village Idiom. —A.K. The woman quickly learned that Mom was retired. My Dad’s favorite joke is indelible: Joe is a new man on a construction crew. “Look at that. A priest buys a lawn mower at a yard sale. Interested, she confessed that she, too, was considering retirement. You can sometimes find puns in comment sections of many websites. To save money, I suggested to one of my grown sons that we all live together in one house. One day, at an event honoring veterans, a young man asked... Two men are hiking through the woods when one of them cries out, “Snake! You can find out the original by searching Google for “what is (song, joke, skit, etc) a parody of?”, Find it online: There are entire parody websites online, like The Onion, which writes pretend stories that look like news stories (and sometimes fool people!).