They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Rebecca is an engineer. She comes from a long line of practical and realistic thinkers. Jokes often need to be explained and rehashed because they just don't fit into her algorithms. I get stared at. A lot.
I was a below average college student who stumbled into a History degree with a few dabblings in Literature and Political Science. I tend to see the funnier and more absurd side of life. This view often leaves me borrowing a line from Krusty the Clown when I try to make a joke with Rebecca - "If you are making that face, it was a joke."
I've been teaching the boys jokes. This week's joke was, "How do you catch a squirrel?" The punchline is, "Climb a tree and act like a nut."
I've told the joke to the boys several times and this is how it goes.
Me - "Andrew, how do you catch a squirrel?"
Andrew - "Climb a tree and act like a nut."
Me - "Joshua, how do you catch a squirrel?"
Joshua - "By its tail. I don't climb trees."
Guess which one is going to Georgia Tech.
I should also mention Andrew drinks his apple sauce from the little bowl. He's going to be very popular in college.
4 comments:
I spwed my beer all over the keyboard. Time to clean up. HILARIOUS POST!
This is your funniest post ever. I'm laughing so hard. Can't wait for Pappy John to read this one.
ROFL You know I remember when my son Nathan was about 8 or 9 he used to love to go visit your grampa Jerry and every time he came home he always learned a new joke, obviously we have gr8 funny bones in this family. Thank you for sharing this it brought back some very fond memories for me and your boys are beautiful.
Danny- "Falling Apples" is a great title. So my exhortation hint is that if you don't use it in a book or a poem pretty soon, I'm going to steal it, thus proving the falling thing.
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