Can I try a joke on you?

This is what I hear incessently these days. Here is how it goes.

Abby: “Mommy? Can I try a joke on you?”
Me: “Sure!”
Abby: “What does a clock do with a tv?
Me: “I don’t know.”
Abby: “Chair!”
Me: serious fake laughter. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ˜†

Or

Emi: “Mom? Can I try a joke on you?”
Me: “Sure!”
Emi: “How does a [looking around] chair walk with a [looking around] tv?”
Me: “I don’t know.”
Emi: “[looking around] Teddy bear!”
me: Serious fake laughter. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ˜†

If ever you were to try to actually ANSWER the question, you would be QUICKLY rebuked and told you MUST say “I don’t know.”

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Ron thinks it’s a mad-lib way of telling jokes. Perfect from 4 year olds. ๐Ÿ˜‰