Confessions of a Community College Dean: Balance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990's moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care. Comments are welcome. Comments for general readership can be posted directly after the blog entry. For private comments, I can be reached at deandad at gmail dot com. The opinions expressed here are my own (or those of commenters), and not those of my (unnamed) employer.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Balance

Yesterday, in a nutshell:

- Four-hour meeting with vp and other deans, concluded only when hunger trumped the agenda.
- Shuttle diplomacy to resolve a sudden, emergency personnel matter before classes start.
- Laughing myself stupid along with The Wife, The Boy, and The Girl, telling each other the lamest knock-knock jokes in human history at dinner.

Balance. It’s all about balance.

Anybody know any good knock-knock jokes? The Boy loves them, and I ran out.

# posted by Dean Dad @ 3:43 AM

Comments:

when in doubt, googgle:
http://www.knock-knock-joke.com/
http://www.azkidsnet.com/JSknockjoke.htm
http://www.ahajokes.com/knock_knock_jokes.html

# posted by

Linda Terranova : 6:24 AM

Ugh, knock-knock jokes. Tristan doesn't quite grasp the concept, and will just say, "knock knock" over and over and over again until you want to scratch your eyes out.

Previously, my two faves were:
(...) Dwayne.
Dwayne who?
Dwayne the bathtub, I'm dwowning.

And the one about the interrupting cow.

# posted by

DaniGirl : 6:48 AM

PS I couldn't resist, so I went to the first site Linda mentioned. This one was cute, too:

Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Yo momma.
Yo momma, who?
Seriously, it's yo momma, open the damned door!

Make sure to leave in the curse when you teach it to the Boy, it's funnier that way!

# posted by

DaniGirl : 6:51 AM

Now, why would I have never, ever thought of looking for knock-knock jokes on the internet? I mean, I google everything, but I seriously doubt I'd have ever stumbled on those sites.

# posted by

Scrivener : 8:21 AM

Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?

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?

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Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Ether
Ether who?
Ether bunny.

Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Nother
Nother who?
Nother ether bunny.

Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Cargo
Cargo who?
Cargo beep, beep, run over ether bunny.

Knock, knock
Who's there?
Boo
Boo who?
Don't cry, ether bunnies be back next year.

Be careful. With certain children the banana one has been known to keep going and going and going and going.

# posted by

DocLarry : 2:07 PM

I was going to put up the same banana one DocLarry did--it's really the only one I know--but I got called away from the computer.

# posted by

Scrivener : 2:46 PM

We have a whole book of knock-knock jokes. Wish I could find it . . .

# posted by

Laura : 3:06 PM

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Impatient cow
Impatient co..
Moo! (interrupt the other person)

This is a newer one, your son probably already knows it.

# posted by

BotanicalGirl : 5:08 PM

Knock knock
Who's there?
To get to the other side.

# posted by

Vito : 7:25 PM

Thanks,everyone!

It never occurred to me to look on google. Good call!

The Boy loved the one about Dwayne.

# posted by

Dean Dad : 3:46 AM

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