Category Archive for 'Parent jokes'

Old-fashioned Zachary ..

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Old-fashioned Zachary approached Lureen’s father, intent upon asking him for her hand in marriage. “Sir,” he blurted out, “I have an attachment for your daughter, and ” “See here, young man,” interrupted the parent, “when my daughter needs accessories, I’ll buy them myself.”

Down at the office Bostwick ..

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Down at the office Bostwick boasted to one of his buddies, “My son Arthur is smarter even than Abraham Lincoln. Arthur could recite the Gettysburg Address when he was ten years old. Lincoln didn’t say it till he was fifty!”

On a flight to Florida, ..

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

On a flight to Florida, I was preparing my notes for one of the parent-education seminars I conduct as an educational psychologist. The elderly woman sitting next to me explained that she was returning to Miami after having spent two weeks visiting her six children, 18 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren in Boston. Then she inquired […]

“Papa, who was ..

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

“Papa, who was Hamlet? ” “You birdbrain! Bring me the Bible and I’ll show you who he was.”

“What are you ..

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

“What are you reading? ” demanded the father of his seven-year-old. “A story about a cow jumping over the moon,” was the reply. “Throw that book away at once,” he commanded. “How many times have I told you you’re too young to read science fiction? ”

“Son, you sure ..

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

“Son, you sure do ask a lot of questions,” said the father. “I’d like to know what would have happened if I’d asked as many questions when I was a boy.” “Perhaps,” said the boy, “you’d’ve been able to answer some of mine.”

A man observed a woman ..

Friday, October 5th, 2007

A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her “no.” The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, “Now Ellen, we just have half […]

Teddy came thundering ..

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Teddy came thundering down the stairs, much to his father’s annoyance. ‘Teddy,’ he called, ‘how many more times have I got to tell you to come down the stairs quietly? Now, go back up and come down like a civilised human being.’ There was a silence, and Teddy reappeared in the front room. ‘That’s […]

A woman got on a bus ..

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

A woman got on a bus holding a baby. The bus driver said: “That’s the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen.” In a huff, the woman slammed her fare into the fare box and took an aisle seat near the rear of the bus. The man seated next to her sensed that she was agitated […]

During a flood in a ..

Monday, September 10th, 2007

During a flood in a small Ohio town, a young girl was perched on top of a house with a little boy. As they sat watching articles float along with the water, they noticed a baseball cap float by. Suddenly, the cap turned and came back, then turned around and went downstream. […]