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Knock Knock

05/07/07

Knock Knock

Permalink 04:57:24 pm by cassie, Categories: Announcements [A]

My six-year-old neighbor, Sophie, lives with her mom in the back half of the house we live in that's split into apartments. She comes over and visits frequently, which is nice because her mother and I are both kinda shy people who keep to ourselves. Sophie kinda brings the whole group together at times. If I leave any of the curtains open or the door is slightly ajar, she knocks on the window or lets herself in the front door to say hello and find out "how my summer vacation is going." I like having nice neighbors.

Mark was taking out the trash and Sophie was outside and wondering where I was, so she came in the front door and told me that she was just stopping in to show me her poison ivy, which she just found out she was allergic to. She got bored of small talk after five minutes and asked if we could tell funny stories instead, and I said that would be great. Five minutes later, bored once again, she decides that we had better tell knock knock jokes instead, meaning that every joke and riddle is prefaced by the words "knock knock" whether or not the joke involves any doors or answering of doors at all. Among my favorites of the night:

Soph: "Knock knock!"

Me: "Who's there?"

Soph: "What did the scissors say to the paper?!?!"

Me: "Ummm... 'Cut it out?'"

Soph: "Waaaaaait! HOW DID YOU KNOW!?!?!?!"

7 comments

Comment from: Jen [Visitor] Email
JenI'm glad you have a kid around. It would be culture shock going from your parents home to a home that is absolutely devoid of little monsters. ;-)
05/07/07 @ 19:19
Comment from: chera [Visitor] Email
cheraHeh. I had to read this through twice. The first time around I didn't catch the girl's age, and it really threw me off. I couldn't tell if it was a little kid, an immature teen, or a really fun adult. It makes more sense now. ;-)
05/07/07 @ 21:31
Comment from: Charlie [Visitor] Email
CharlieGet outta here kid, you bother me.
05/08/07 @ 05:31
Comment from: sj [Visitor] Email
sjHahaha! Ok, here's one Anna told me the other day on the phone...

Anna: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Me: Umm, I don't know, why?
Anna: Because he was stapled to a walking tree!!

Anna: Why did the frog cross the road?
Me: I don't know, why?
Anna: Because he was stapled to the chicken!!

Haha...oh boy, kids are the light of my life. =)
05/09/07 @ 10:31
Comment from: heidi [Visitor] Email
heidihaha that little kid is awesome
05/09/07 @ 21:56
Comment from: Brian [Visitor]
Brian@Cassie:
Your post made me miss being around kids. I wonder if we could do Sunday school lessons here or something like that.

@sj:
That was hilarious.
05/11/07 @ 06:41
Comment from: pham [Visitor] Email
phami wish i had fun neighbors. then again i have high school kids. sometimes i just wish i can weed out the bad ones and deal w/ the good ones.
05/22/07 @ 15:08
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