Pint-Sized Punch Lines

* What do Saddam Hussein and Shaquille O’Neal have in common? They can both shoot over Jordan. (Milosh Blagojevic, 12, Santa Monica, Lincoln Middle School).

* What kind of ticks live on the moon? Lunar ticks. (Randy Steven Thompson, 9, Lake Elsinore, Jean Hamen Elementary)

* What did the carpet name its son? Matt. (Christine Do, 7, Altadena, Arthur Amos Noyes Elementary)

* Why did the dinosaur cross the road? The chicken wasn’t invented yet. (Chuck E. Light, 7, Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock Elementary)

* Knock knock.

Who’s there?

I don’t know.

I don’t know who?

I told you I don’t know.

(Brandon Holley, 10, Whitehouse, Texas, H.L. Higgins Intermediate School)

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