Elias the stand up comedian

Once a year, the school organizes some kind of talent show.

Every child can sign up to perform "something".
This something is most often a dance performance, singing a song, playing an instrument like the guitar or the piano, and sometimes telling jokes.

Since I am going to organize this event next year, and because I would like Elias to get some experience on stage (he will benefit from it later in his career - whatever that might be), I coaxed him into signing up for this.

This wasn't easy since he feels very strongly about not making a fool of himself in front of all his friends.

But I convinced him that telling a few jokes would be fun. He expressed his biggest concern:"What if they laugh with me?". Since this is the exact purpose of telling a joke, he went for it.

Here are his jokes (remember - these are second grade jokes):

1) What is green and skies?
..... a skiwi

2) Why does a rabbit go to bed so early?
...... because it only needs to bush two teeth

3) What is the difference between a teacher and a dentist?
....... a teacher says "close your mouth" and the dentist says "open your mouth"

4) Jantje goes walking with his granny. He finds a lolly on the ground but granny says:"Everything on the ground is dirty.". They walk on and Jantje sees one Euro on the ground, and again granny says:"Everything on the ground is dirty." They walk further and granny falls on the ground. She asks Jantje to help her get up but Jantje says:"I can't. Everything on the ground is dirty."


Since we practiced for an entire week on pronunciation and speed of the jokes, he brought it like a professional. While waiting to tell the answer to one of the first three jokes, he would count to 3 (and you could see his head bob a little on the counts). Then he answered in such a tone that the entire audience just broke out in laughter. It was awesome!