Shelley: How many famous people were born in Detroit?
Martin: I don’t know. How many?
Shelley: None – only babies!
Shelley: How many famous people were born in Detroit?
Martin: I don’t know. How many?
Shelley: None – only babies!
Carl: Gee, it’s dark out tonight, isn’t it?
Christy: I don’t know. I can’t see.
Brother: Why are you taking that ruler to bed with you?
Sister: I want to see how long I sleep!
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Another version of this joke:
Q: Why did Billy take a ruler to bed with him?
A: To see how long he slept.
Steve: What’s five Q plus five Q?
Connie: Ten Q.
Steve: You’re welcome.
Ray: The hissing snakes slithered in the grass. How many s’s in that?
Bob: Uh…seven?
Ray: No. There aren’t any s’s in THAT!
Lucy: Don’t you think my voice has improved?
Holly: Yes, it’s improved. But it’s not cured yet!
Tom: I wish you’d sing solo.
Laura: Solo?
Tom: So low I couldn’t hear you! Ha ha!
Laura: Not funny! Have you ever heard yourself sing? You should sing tenor.
Tom: Tenor?
Laura: Ten or twelve miles away!
Chris: How are your violin lessons going?
Liz: Very well. I’ve already mastered the first steps.
Chris: I thought you were supposed to play the violin with your hands!
Sister: Well, how are you doing with that electronic drum set that you got for Christmas?
Brother: Great. It’s the most wonderful present I ever got.
Sister: Why’s that?
Brother: Dad pays me two dollars a week not to play it.
April: Well, where’s your new guitar?
John: Oh, I had to throw it away.
April: You threw it away? Why?
John: It had a hole in the middle!
Frank: I wish you’d only sing Christmas carols.
Megan: Why?
Frank: Because then you’d only have to sing once a year!
Richard: Was that you singing as I came in?
Fran: Yes. I was killing time before my singing lesson.
Richard: Well, you’re sure using the right weapon.
Sister: Well, how did you do on that math test yesterday?
Brother: I only got one problem wrong.
Sister: That’s great! How many problems were there?
Brother: Twenty.
Sister: So you got nineteen out of twenty right?
Brother: No. I couldn’t do the other nineteen!
Sister: What’s the matter with you? Mom told you to watch when the soup boils!
Brother: I did! It boiled at exactly 6:25!
Sister: Mom asked you to put salt in the salt shaker. Why didn’t you do it?
Brother: I tried, but I couldn’t get the salt through those tiny holes!