In my family, we pride ourselves on our senses of humor. My father is the best at puns and "Dad Jokes" (You know, the kind of joke where you ask someone for a hand with something and they start applauding?).
Well, for years, my oldest sister has been teased because it took her about 20 years to finally understand the joke "How do you get down off an elephant? You don't. You get down off a duck!"
(I'll give you a second to get it... Still don't? Think down feathers.)
The story goes that she finally got it while getting ready to sleep under her down comforter. She called my parents, and Dad especially got a good laugh out of it. It usually gets brought up at nearly every family holiday. Well, Rachel no longer has to be laughed at alone.
Chris and I were joking around last night, telling knock-knock jokes when I turned to him and said, "What's black and white and red all over?" to which he responded, "A newspaper!" I got all up in arms and started complaining about how that joke made no sense because a newspaper isn't red. His eyes got big, and he asked, "Are you serious?" And then it hit me...a newspaper is black and white and READ all over. Darn those homophones.
So yes, I called my parents and they laughed that yet again, one of their daughters was oblivious to a joke that most 5-year-olds could figure out.
I'm just glad to finally get it!
