Definitely my child, really.

[kiya]

So there is a custom among certain of my people that the test for someone being Excessively Punchdrunk is to say "A stick!*" at them and see if it makes them fall over, under the principle that the relevant joke is really only funny at about 3am.

KJ is bouncing around being kind of hyperkinetic and chatterboxy so I addressed her with "A STICK!" and she cracked up, but of course then I had to explain why I had addressed her with "A STICK!"

Long story short, we have now determined that dogs are assistive devices for disabled boomerangs.






* "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?"
"A stick!"

Comments

[brooksmoses]

Oh, that is not the joke that I thought was the canonical "a stick" joke. Huh.

[kiya]

I cannot manage to register the "brown and sticky" version as an actual joke-shaped object at any time.

[davidgoldfarb]

I was with Brooks on this one, TBH.

[brooksmoses]

You may then also appreciate the realization about the symmetry of the "what's brown and sticky" joke I had a couple of years ago: "A brownie" is also an equally good answer.

[davidgoldfarb]

Oh nice! I never thought of that.

[wispfox]

Me, either!

But now I know a better version. ;)

Honestly, though? Being addressed with "A Stick!" would definitely make me crack up if punchy. :)

[brooksmoses]

Yup. It's sort of a three-year-old's My First Joke sort of joke, at best, but the associations of it with laughter in punchy brainstates is definitely there for me.

With that said, I do agree that the "defective boomerang" version of the joke is much better.