Jokes.

Bird gave his friend Flower a new bike. Soon afterward he saw Flower riding a skateboard. "Why aren't you riding the new bike I gave you?" asked Bird.

Flower replied, "Because my petals fell off."

Winifred Hoerr, Wisconsin

Waiter: "We have practically everything on the menu."

Customer: "So I see. Would you bring me a clean one?"

Andrew Beach, Florida

Mrs. Gramer: "I want to know how all our dogs escaped. I told you to shut all the exits."

Mr. Gramer: "Maybe they got out through the entrances."

Kelli Warnecke, California

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Can o' peas.

Can o' peas who?

Can o' peas come in?

Laura McCarter, Georgia

Ballet student: "Why do all the students here dance on their tiptoes?"

Teacher: "That's how we dance here."

Ballet student: "Why don't you get taller students?"

Nathanael Bergen, Missouri

Two men met on the street. The first man said, "I heard today is a good day for spring cleaning."

"Yikes!" replied the second man. "I'd better start cleaning."

The next day they saw each other again. The first man asked, "How did your spring cleaning go?"

The second man answered, "Not well. The springs in my mattress were hard to reach!"

Liz Baldridge, Arizona

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