I heard it this way:
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
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?
You’re missing some. And you have to do it in order.
You: How do you fit four elephants in a mini?
Two in the front, two in the back, of course
How do you know when an elephant has been in your refrigerator?
You see his footprints in the butter.
How do you know when two elephants have been in your refrigerator?
You see two sets of footprints in the butter.
How do you know when three elephants have been in your refrigerator?
Child: Because you see three sets of footprints in the butter?
You: Exactly
How do you know when four elephants have been in your refrigerator?
Child: Because you see four sets of footprints in the butter?
You: No, there’s a mini parked outside
And you know how?
Chicken Kung Pao
Told to me by a then-4 1/2 year old -
“What’s blue and sits on the toilet? An officer doing his doody.” An actual, honest to goodness, amusing play on words. As far as I know she understood the joke; either way, she thought it was hysterical (and so did I).
As to the chicken jokes, I heard them as “Guess [blank]?”
Guess what?
chicken butt
Guess why?
chicken thigh
Guess who?
chicken poo
And you can pretty much make up any question/answer you want that rhymes.
Where do you keep a dog?
In a barking lot.
I was thinking about posting that one (actually, the version “What’s blue and white and sits on a toilet? A policeman on duty.”) Cracked me up when I was in second grade.
There was also the pantomine game where you got the other person to say “I blew up” or “I know nothing”. That one was quite popular.