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The standard format has five lines: the knock-knock (indicating a door has been struck to gain attention), an enquiry ("Who's there"), a response, usually involving a name (to set up the pun), a clarification and the punch line which inevitably involves a punnish misusage of the word set up during the response. |
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The standard format has five lines: the knock-knock (indicating a door has been struck to gain attention), an enquiry ("Who's there"), a response, usually involving a name (to set up the pun), a request for clarification and the punch line, which inevitably involves a punnish misusage of the word set up during the response. |
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Knock knock Who's there? Keith Keith who? Keith me, my thweet printh (Kiss me, my sweet prince) Knock knock Who's there? José José who? José can you see by the dawn's early light? (Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light? -- from US's national anthem.) |
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Knock knock Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you going to open the door? (Ain't you going to open the door?) |
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