LAUGH LINES : Pint-Sized Punch Lines

* Nurse: Doctor, how is the boy who swallowed 10 cents? Doctor: No change. (Aliza Avrech, 9, Los Angeles, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy)

* Why did the alien go to Hollywood? To see the stars. (Eric Belfield, 5, Irvine, Northwood Elementary School)

* What’s the difference between a hill and a pill? A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down. (Matthew Mattingly, 7, Crete, Neb., Crete Elementary School)

* What did the chicken say to the floor? “Please get out of my way--I don’t want to step on you.” (Jordan David Block, 5, Sherman Oaks, Buckley School)

* What kind of fruit rides in an ambulance? A pearamedic. (Alexandra Tunell, 8, Studio City, Laurel Hall Day School)

* Why did the pig want to be an actor? He was a big ham. (Gina McCaffrey, 8, Goleta, LaPatera School)

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