Knock Knock

My son J recently became interested in telling knock-knock jokes. He might have been exposed to this joke genre from one of those tiny joke books that sometimes come with some kids' meal - I think Wendy's had them for a week a long time ago. What's interesting is J get s the concept of the joke, even if he probably doesn't know what a punch line is. He knows that you always start by saying "Knock knock" then the other party would say "Who's there?" He would next say a word to which the other person repeats the word, attaches "who" to it, and inflect the tone to make a question. J would then throw out the punch line. For example:

J: Knock knock
Other Kid: Who's there?
J: Anita
OK: Anita who?
J: Anita go to the bathroom bad, hurry up and open the door.

Most of J's cousins, a year or more older than him, don't grasp the concept and would make up nonsensical punch lines, much to J's frustration.

I try to help J along with his new-founded interest. I'm much of a punster myself so I am very happy to see J being interested in the English language from this fun-filled angle. Sometimes I have to teach J new phrases so he can better appreciate the pun. Below is just a short table I compiled for J.

Knocker	Sounds Like	Four Eggsample
Anita	I need to	Anita/I need to go to the bathroom...
Boo (Who?)	Boohoo	Boo Who?/Boohoo, stop crying!
Doris	Door is	Doris/Door is locked...
Dozen	Doesn't	Dozen/Doesn't anyone want to...?
Jose	Oh Say	Jose/Oh Say Can You See?
Orange	Aren't	Orange/Aren't you supposed to...?
Owen	Open	Owen/Open the door!
Police	Please	Police/Please do this or that...
Radio	Ready	Radio/Ready or not, here I come!
Sharon	Sharing	Sharon/Sharing is caring.

As a bonus, check out an old cartoon from way back in the year 2004. I had much help from my colleagues. Canoe/Can you and Venice/Where is are not hard to figure out, but 'SHowie and So How We is a rather contrived pair, but we all had fun putting the 'toon together.