# Knock, knock. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688 "2001-12-03T20:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/1 "2001-12-03T20:43:23Z")
Knock, knock. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/2 "2001-12-03T20:45:41Z")
Who’s there? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/3 "2001-12-03T20:46:07Z")
Panther. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/4 "2001-12-03T20:46:51Z")
Panther who? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/5 "2001-12-03T20:49:20Z")
Panther no panth, I’m going thwimming! [sub]Sorry, folks! My six-year old told me that one and I couldn’t resist![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/6 "2001-12-03T20:50:13Z")
Panther Opthinal, Pleath come in. –bella [sub]sorry guys, I couldn’t resist[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/7 "2001-12-03T20:52:18Z")
Heh. I think I like your answer better, **bella**! ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/8 "2001-12-03T20:59:35Z")
Knock Knock jokes–a lost art… I mean, really–if a six-year old thinks it’s funny how can you go wrong? 🙂 –bella ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/9 "2001-12-03T21:26:43Z")
Sure, anyone can understand a six year old’s knock-knock jokes. But it takes a true _afficionado_ to appreciate a three year old’s knock-knock jokes. > [@](#): > > Knock, knock! Who’s there? > > Orange! Orange who? > > Orange tree > > or > > Knock, knock! Who’s there? > > Yellow! Yellow who? > > Yellow marshmellow! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/10 "2001-12-03T21:38:17Z")
I discovered the knock-knock joke when I was about five. Unfortunately I didn’t understand that in joke-telling, the joke-teller knows something that the listener does not know. So here’s me, age five, telling my mom and dad a knock-knock joke: Me: _bursting with excitement_ Knock-knock!! Mom and Dad: Who’s there? Me: Ummm… _long pause, while I finger my lip and look around_ Me: Deer! Mom and Dad: Deer who? Me: Ummm… _longer pause, while I finger my lip and look around_ Me: I 'on’t know! And they would laugh. And I would think, “Hey, I got 'em!”, and eagerly say, “Knock-knock!” And then my mom would say, “Honey, Daddy has to go to work now…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/11 "2001-12-03T21:52:28Z")
Every day as we pass our neighbor’s house: **Ellen’s children:** Mommy! Mommy! Knock, knock! **Me:** Who’s there? **Them:** Dwayne! **Me:** Dwayne who? **Them:** Dwayne the bathtub, I’m dwownding!! Indeed, our neighbor’s name is Dwayne. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/12 "2001-12-03T22:09:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Sure, anyone can understand a six year old’s knock-knock jokes. But it takes a true _afficionado_ to appreciate a three year old’s knock-knock jokes. > > > [@](#): > > > > Knock, knock! Who’s there? > > > > Orange! Orange who? > > > > Orange tree > > > > or > > > > Knock, knock! Who’s there? > > > > Yellow! Yellow who? > > > > Yellow marshmellow! > > \*\* This reminds me of that episode of _Letterman_ where he was asked a knock-knock joke by a kid: > [@](#): > > Kid-Knock knock. > > Letterman-Who’s there? > > Kid-Fishy. > > Letterman-Fishy who? > > Kid-Fishy clown. > > Letterman-Fishy who clown? > > (Kid cracks up) > > Letterman-So it’s a work in progress, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/13 "2001-12-03T22:16:24Z")
Knock-knock. Who’s there? Interruping cow. Interrupting c— MOO! ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/14 "2001-12-03T22:16:54Z")
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” again? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/15 "2001-12-03T22:32:10Z")
Yeah, **Creaky** , that was a VERY popular one amongst my son and his cousins. But when my son was younger, he didn’t quite get why it was supposed to be funny, and would always do variations on the theme, for example: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Buffalo. Buffalo who? Buffalo aren’t you glad I didn’t say banana! ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/16 "2001-12-03T22:32:43Z")
From my Six year old, this one is great for the holidays at the dinner table. Knock Knock Who’s there Noel Noel Who Noel bows on the table. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/17 "2001-12-03T22:35:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Knock-knock. > Who’s there? > Interruping cow. > Interrupting c— > MOO! This joke is all the rage with my nieces and nephew (I am proud to say that I taught it to them), and my youngest niece was trying to get in on the fun over Thanksgiving. However, she is not even 2, and thus the fine art of joke-telling is a little beyond her right now: Her: Knock knock! Me: Who’s there? Her: Pay cow! Me: Impatient cow who? Her: Door! (cracks up) Speaking of jokes for the pre-school set, this would just about make me die laughing when I was 4: Knock knock! Who’s there? Mickey Mouse’s underwear! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/18 "2001-12-04T03:27:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creaky \* > \*\*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” again? \*\* I never got that joke. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/19 "2001-12-04T03:32:56Z")
**Mudshark** , you get it now, though, right? Like “orange you glad I didn’t say banana” as in, “aren’t you glad I didn’t say banana?” You know, like if you say it fast and kind of slur it, the two phrases sound alike? Um? Okay, it’s a bad joke, but one of my favorites! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688/20 "2001-12-04T03:43:40Z")
I get ot now. Really I do. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock/96688.md?page=2)