It’s Make Me Laugh Monday. I owe today’s post to my my son. He’s 9 and lately he’s been workin’ the comedy angle. The boy had me in stitches today. Let’s start with the joke he shared over breakfast this morning. My family… you can dress us up, but you can’t take us out…
Joel: Why did Tigger put his head in the toilet?
Parents: Dunno… Why?
Joel: He was looking for Pooh.
Oh… c’mon! I know it was cheesy, but that was funny. F-to-the-Unny! He got it from a joke book he checked out at the school library. I am so proud of his academic focus.
Later, as we were driving to church, my 3 year old daughter sneezed with such force I’d swear she she lost a pound of snot from her nose. Ew. Sorry… My son didn’t skip a beat. I searched for a box of Super Shammies while my husband told her not lick her nose while waiting for Mommy… In reply, my son said,
Heh… she thought it was candy…. but itssssnot.
I. Love. My. Kids…. I am especially in love this very moment as I write… They are all asleep…
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Have ya’ll ever heard of a mondegreen? The dictionary says,
“It is a word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard.”
For example, when my son heard the lyrics of La Isla Bonita by Madonna, my son heard “Last night I dreamt of a ba-a-gel” instead of ”Last night I dreamt of San Pedro” That misinterpretation would be called a mondegreen. Yet another example: Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson… my son believes Michael sings, “Keep on. Eat a hot dog. Don’t stop ’til you get enough…” Makes sense if you are a kid who really loves hot dogs…
The following is yet another example of a lyrically based mondegreen I found via Mandy Green at Gazoon High Twizzle…
Have something funny to share? Please join in – the more the merrier… literally! Also, have a fabulous Monday, friends…
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I love when my youngest son brings home joke books from the school library, but then, after about a week, I’m laughing at his jokes while asking him when it’s media day again!
Those are great jokes! He’s a natural…gee, I wonder where he got that talent? I know! You!
Ah, kid jokes and messed up song lyrics. I’m tired of pretending I like the first one but can’t get enough of the second:)
I am so glad there is a name for what I do to EVERY song I hear:) Obama’s Elf is classic. LOVE. IT.
Your son is just as funny as his Mama! He needs to start Blogging:)
I WISH my kids would check out joke books, instead of trying to make up their own. Just the words “knock, knock” send me crying under the table!
My favorite Addie mondegreen is M. Jackson’s “Billie Jean” – “She thinks that I am the one…But the cat is not mustard!”
I love the silly jokes kids tell. Lately, I’ve loved this one:
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
A.Flat.Minor.
I SOOOOO love that Pooh joke!!! Totally using that on MY 9yo!
(Hey…you going to BlogHer???)
Being a fan of The Silly Old Bear, I have heard that joke many times. Still makes me giggle.
My favorite mondegreen is for Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze.
“Scuse me, while I kiss this guy”
ahh, thank you Wayne and Garth!
Your son made me laugh. Thanks for hosting and giving us a smile on Monday.
When you brought up mondegreen I thought it was going to have to do with the snot- green, get it. Its so fun to learn new things!
Here are our mondegreens courtesy of Megan-
The Lord God made the mall (instead of them all)
and
Round yon merchants mother and child (instead of the Virgin)
I have to jump in here. You see Jenny’s kids are my nephew and nieces. I am the proud auntie kerry. My son Cole (their cousin) likes to play Guitar Hero and Rock Band. He actually got a perfect score recently for singing “Juice Box Hero”. I am not joking 100%.
Messed up lyrics never fail to make me laugh. Of course, I can’t think of any of my kids’ examples at the moment. Welcome to my brain.
Loved the “it’s snot” joke. Hee!
One that makes me laugh is from Eddie Money’s song: “I’ve got two chickens with parrot eyes!”