Printable View
Hello. I don't understand what these knock knock jokes below so funny.
Please help me!!!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Scotta
Scotta who?
Scotta be a funnier joke than this!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Phillip
Phillip who?
Phillip the tank I'm outta gas!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Chemo
Chemo who?
Chemo sabe will make you puke!
I don't think they are at all funny. They are very contrived.Quote:
Originally Posted by frindle
Hi, frindle.
These are very poor examples of the genre. They are not funny at all.
sounds a bit likeQuote:
Scotta be a funnier joke than this!
'It's got to be a funnier joke than this!'
is supposed to sound likeQuote:
Phillip the tank I'm outta gas!
'Fill up the tank; I'm out of gas.'
'Chemo sabe' sounds like kemo sabe.Quote:
Chemo sabe will make you puke!
Don't ask me to explain that one.
Rover
The only one of those that sounds like a knock-knock joke to me is the one with Phillip.
A knock-knock joke has a person's name or a common noun. Then that name/noun is reused as a pun where the SOUND it makes is used to complete a sentence.
Phillip = Fill up
The last one doesn't work because no one is named "Chemo" and while Tonto called the Lone Ranger Kimosabe, it's not part of chemotherapy, a cancer treatment, and there's very little that's humorous about cancer in any case.
Scott is a name... is Scotta a name where you live? You're suppose to hear "It's got to be" with "Scotta."
Are there knock knock jokes that aren't contrived?Quote:
Originally Posted by bhaisahab
There is a question of degree.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoothingDave
Can it also beQuote:
Originally Posted by Rover_KE
"there's gotta be a funnier joke than this"?
Thank you.
I'm with you on this one. I think it's meant to sound like "There's got to be a funnier joke than this" (and they're not wrong). The problem, as Barb said, is that "Scotta" is not a name. At a push, if it said ...Quote:
Originally Posted by JustLearningEnglish
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Scott.
Scott who?
Scott to be a funnier joke than this.
...it still wouldn't be terribly funny but at least it would fit the general construction.
How about:
Knock knock
Who's there?
Juno.
Juno who?
Juno what I'm going to do if you don't open this door?!
Knock knock
Who's there?
Mikey
Mikey who?
Mikey doesn't fit - can you let me in?
I like 'em
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Wire.
Wire who?
Wire you asking?
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Anita.
Anita who?
Anita a tissue! Ah Choo!
Knock Knock
Who's there !
Dozen !
Dozen who ?
Dozen anyone want to let me in !