You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly at the top of your post. Please note, all posts are moderated by our in-house language experts, so make sure your suggestions, help, and advice house the kind of information an international language teacher would offer. If not, and your posts do not contribute to the topic in a positive way, they will be subject to deletion.
I disagree. Play me a joke makes no sense in BE. "Can you tell me a joke?" would make sense. As would "play a joke on me". However, the first is a request and the second, although it could be asked as a request, is more likely to be used as a statement. "John played a joke on me."
To play a joke on somebody is to kid somebody/pull somebody's leg usually ending up with the recipient of the joke looking silly. Hence why you rarely ask someone to play a joke on you.
To tell a joke is to tell someone a story (usually fictional) that is funny.
found in a book 
Linear Mode
