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elephants

Elephants somehow became the theme of last week for me. I start my junior classes each day with the origins of an allusion and Wednesday was "White Elephant."

Elephant jokes, however, were the highlight of the week. I suppose it started on Sunday night when Kate came home and put me in a very silly mood. She and Joanna had never heard of elephant jokes, so I was forced to regale them with a few for the rest of the week.

Here are some samples:

Q: How do you tell if there is an elephant in your refrigerator?

A: Look for his footprints in the cheesecake.

 
Q: How do you tell if there are two elephants in your refrigerator?

A: Look for two sets of footprints side by side.

 
Q: How do you tell if there are three elephants in your refrigerator?

A: The door won't close.

 
Q: How many giraffes will fit in the refrigerator?

A: None: there are already too many elephants in there.

And, another string:

Q: How do you get an elephant to the top of an oak tree?

A: Plant an acorn under him and wait 50 years.

 
Q: What if I don't want to wait 50 years?

A: Put a parachute on the elephant and drop him from an elecopter.

 
Q: How do you get an elephant down from an oak tree?

A: Tell him to sit on a leaf and wait until autumn.

 
Q: Why are alligators long and flat?

A: They must have gotten too close to the oak tree.

posted by CP @ 10:19 AM 2 thoughts