
The man driving the car hops out and starts freaking out and says "I'm so sorry! Here's 20 bucks for your duck!" the boy takes the money and heads home leaving the duck on the side of the road. On his way home a car coming down the road startles the duck, it flies into the road and gets hit. She agrees, they go again, and he walks out with his duck.

After they get done she says that he was so good she wants to go again, and he says sure but only if he can have his duck back.
#Best knock knock joke ever free
He's walking past a brothel and sees a nice looking hooker and asks her "you want a free duck?" She is confused but says yes and then asks him if he wants a free session for it, and he accepts. The oldest son comes back an hour later and says "i got 10 dollars for my duck dad" to which the father replies "not bad." The second oldest son comes back 5 hours later and says "well dad, I got 5 dollars, a basket of apples, and a basket of oranges." To which the dad replies "very good son!" The youngest son is having trouble selling his duck so he decides to just give it away to the first person he sees. ‘What’s black and white and red all over, the best worst joke book in the world’ by Gyles Brandreth is published by Puffin Books Do you have any good (or bad) knock-knock jokes? Share them with us in the comments below.So one morning he decides to give them each a duck and tells them whoever sells it for the most money gets the farm, and all 3 of them set out to sell their ducks. Happily, I am not alone in feeling this way.
#Best knock knock joke ever tv
So much of the humour that we are exposed to on TV these days is cynical and sarcastic, I reckon we need knock-knocks more than ever before. According to recent research from Oxford University and Aalto University in Finland, laughter triggers an endorphin release in the brain that promotes a sense of well-being and sharing bad jokes – groaning together – helps establish social bonds. What's your favourite knock knock joke? Let us know in the comments below. In a world where, increasingly, young people are sitting alone gazing into flickering screens, it is important to encourage them to look up and share a laugh – or a groan – with a friend. For a knock-knock joke to work, it has to be shared. The knock-knock joke is not just about honing young people’s linguistic skills: it’s also about communication. The more adept you are at using it, the more successful (and happier) you are going to be in life. Children who repeat knock-knock jokes and, better still, invent their own, are getting to grips with language by having fun with it. Needle who? Needle little help getting in the door. From Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde, our greatest wits have all been pun-lovers and the essence of the knock-knock joke is the pun in the pay-off. For me, the genius of the knock-knock joke is the wordplay involved. Rufus Who? Rufus the most important part of your house.īut never mind their heritage, I believe they have a useful role to play in the modern world. Their popularity in the United States is reckoned to date from a 1930s newspaper advertising campaign for a roofing contractor. The knock-knock joke as we know it has been around for at least a hundred years.

Shakespeare made the phrase famous when he gave the line “Knock knock, who’s there?” to his drunken porter in Macbeth and he liked the line so much he used it as a running gag later in the same scene. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Boo! Boo who? Indeed. According to the research, 20 per cent of people under 30 have never even heard of knock-knock jokes and three-quarters of those that have think they are “old fashioned” and “not funny” any more. The knock-knock gag, it seems, has had its day.

A new survey has revealed that my favourite form of childhood joke is on the way out. I am a devotee of knock-knock jokes and I am down in the dumps today.

Alex who? Alex plain if you care to read on.
