"Knock knock...."

With parents like Rebecca and me, there is no way my daughter cannot have a sense of humor. She laughs easily and obviously, one reason she puts up with her daddy is his inherent entertainment value.

Her first joke came when she was two. It was a knock knock joke.

"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Cargo."
"Cargo who?"
"Cargo beep beep!"
Gales of toddler laughter followed and continued the next 45 times she told it.

Only recently, I learned that Rachel didn't actually make it up. She heard it on
Dragontales. Not surprising, considering I also learned that her exclamation when excited, "Whee! Yahoo! Yeah!" was also pilfered from Dragontales.

Sometimes, Rachel gets overly excited and asks, "Knock knock" and answers "Who's there?" At that point, you don't know what to say, because you have no idea who's at the door. You just wish they would have called first!

Recently, my wife decided it was time to expand Rachel's repertoire.

"Knock knock," she began.
"Who's there?" Rachel replied.
"Banana"
"Banana who?"

"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Banana"
"Banana who?"

"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Orange"
"Orange who?"
"Orange you glad I didn't say banana?"

Rachel finds this hysterical. She immediately takes the joke out for a test drive.

"Knock knock," asks Rachel.
"Who's there?" answers Rebecca.
"Orange"
"Orange who?"
"Orange beep beep!"

Rachel can be heard exclaiming, "That's funny," as she giggles all the way to the other side of the house.

"Beep beep" is the all-time great punchline. Wait 'til she's old enough to see the Roadrunner Cartoons. She'll be holding her sides.