Our two sons go to a Presbyterian run school, the eldest is 12 years old, in 7th grade.
They go out and perform public service tasks two days each month and this past week, they went to a homeless shelter to help clean and move stuff and do helpful chores. At the end of the day, they put on a talent show and my kid played some guitar and volunteered to tell a joke or two....
So, he's standing up on the stage, in front of all his 6,7,8th grade classmates and the good people of the Christian Center for Families, with his two supervising teachers sitting at the back of the stage...
...and he starts his first joke...
"Three men are standing in line at the Pearly Gates, standing before Saint Peter. Saint Peter tells them that they will each have to explain the circumstances of their deaths before they can gain entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.
The first man says, "Well, sir, I suspected my wife of adultery, and went home early from work today to surprise her....
At that point, the female teacher leaped forward and did the ol' ixnay on the joke.
At which point, my son, says, mic still in hand, "No, no, really, it's not that bad..."
Well, the joke is not allowed to run to its punch line of "There I was, minding my own business inside a refrigerator" and the festivities concluded.
First...
I swear he never got that joke from me.
Second...
The guy teacher came up to him after the event to ask how the rest of the joke went.
I hereby swear that this is an absolutely true story.
Our two sons go to a Presbyterian run school, the eldest is 12 years old, in 7th grade.
They go out and perform public service tasks two days each month and this past week, they went to a homeless shelter to help clean and move stuff and do helpful chores. At the end of the day, they put on a talent show and my kid played some guitar and volunteered to tell a joke or two....
So, he's standing up on the stage, in front of all his 6,7,8th grade classmates and the good people of the Christian Center for Families, with his two supervising teachers sitting at the back of the stage...
...and he starts his first joke...
"Three men are standing in line at the Pearly Gates, standing before Saint Peter. Saint Peter tells them that they will each have to explain the circumstances of their deaths before they can gain entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.
The first man says, "Well, sir, I suspected my wife of adultery, and went home early from work today to surprise her....
At that point, the female teacher leaped forward and did the ol' ixnay on the joke.
At which point, my son, says, mic still in hand, "No, no, really, it's not that bad..."
Well, the joke is not allowed to run to its punch line of "There I was, minding my own business inside a refrigerator" and the festivities concluded.
First...
I swear he never got that joke from me.
Second...
The guy teacher came up to him after the event to ask how the rest of the joke went.
I hereby swear that this is an absolutely true story.