The past several days, my children have been telling knock-knock jokes.
Knock-knock jokes told by a six-year-old follow the basic structure, but generally lack a punchline.
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Slime!
Slime, who?
Slime me, and I’ll slime your baby.
Knock-knock jokes told by a two-year-old are something else entirely. They vary somewhat from one another, but they all contain, “knock knock!” and “poop.”
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Peas!
Peas, who?
Poop!
or
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Slime!
Slime, who?
Poop!
Turns out, “poop!” is a fairly effective punchline.
Imperfect Happiness 
lol gotta love it!
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My favorite knock knock joke:
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Pickle.
Pickle who?
Pickleberry!
Yes, I heard it thousands of times, and it made me laugh every time. And now I tell it at the snack table and it makes all the 3yos in my class laugh. Sorry, parents in my class.
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I tried it on my kids. They approve.
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Ah – the universal ‘we understand humor but not punchlines stage’. My kids do the same thing with knock-knocks, and laugh hysterically, and then just say, “mom doesn’t get it” when I can’t fake another laugh about poop or my 5 yr old’s favorite underwear punchline, and then they laugh at me – or worse – repeat the joke in case I might get it this time. 🙂
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Oh, the repetition! That’s what really, really gets me! My daughter’s very first joke (when she was two) was about underwear. It wasn’t a bad joke, all things being equal, but they all lose their luster on the twentieth telling.
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