Enviably, I’m sure, I spend a lot of time around three and four-year-olds. Their jokes are nonsensical and terrible. Embarrassing. Kids have the comic timing of an artichoke; their punchlines are weaker than the simile I just made. Don’t believe me? Here’s a real-life example: https://youtu.be/JqZ6zMYZzJQ Awful. Beyond awful. These kids need help, and fast! […]
As a kid, it didn’t matter how many works of classic literature my parents gave me. All I wanted to read was my ripped-up book of silly tongue twisters. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because of the challenge. It’s not often that a book literally dares a kid to read it out loud. (There’s not […]