"Knock-Knock"

The children have been learning jokes lately. Ethan brought up the subject the other day. He told a joke about a penny who is shy apparently, and will run and hide if you look at it. I'm not sure what the punchline is, except that when the boy in the joke showed his friends, he always got into trouble. Ethan begins to laugh when he comes to the end of the joke, where the boy, who is in time out on his bed, shows his dad. We all do our best to offer a courteous laugh, which seems to appease him. Aaron tries to teach his children jokes, his favorites being the following knock-knock jokes: "Wave your hand like this (up and down motion, elbow tucked to rib cage). Knock-knock? Who's there? You. You who? Hello yourself." "Do this (waves hand in circular motion above his shoulder - like a lasso). Knock-Knock? Who's there? Yah. Yah who? Ride-em cowboy!" "Knock-knock? Who's there? Yo de leigh he. Yo de leigh he who? I didn't know you could yodle!" Tee-hee, very funny. Mai, who tries her hardest, will start to tell a joke in the conventional way - Knock-knock: "Knock-Knock? Who's there? (bursts out into a random song at the top of her lungs which may last from 1-3 minutes)." She ends it with saying "The end.". Sometimes it's the effort that counts.