The Thumb Joke

12-yr-old girl.  Her posture was not as good as it should be, very tight and squeezy, so she had her thumb clenched up to her hand (like a Stop sign).

Me: Hand down. [she straightens her wrist but is still quite tense].  Floppy.  [I tried to open up the gap between her thumb and hand].  What's this?  What's this doing here?
Girl [bewildered]: I... I don't know.... I've always had a thumb there....

We both laughed.  A lot. 

A Joke in Choir

11-yr-old girl, thrilled that the school is now BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology).

Girl: Oh, in choir this morning, Mrs S told a really funny joke!...
Me: Ooh, what was it?
Girl [pauses]: Um... [looks sheepish] I was ... uh... looking at ... something... on my iPad... and kinda ... didn't hear it.
Me: I.. see...
Girl: Well, it was about this girl, and she's singing something with so - la - mi and I think it's her mum who's wondering why she's singing about salami... You know, solami/salami...? 

I should ask Mrs S what the actual joke was.

The Giraffe Joke

At this point, I was teaching a girl of 7.  Her 5-yr-old sister was always in the lesson as well (very well-behaved).  Neither girl was particularly tall - the younger one was about as tall as my navel.  At the end of this lesson, the little one gave me a hug (fairly standard procedure), and, still with her arms wrapped around me, looked up.

Girl: Miss Anna, do you know why giraffes have such long necks?
Me [smiling at the irony]: No... why do giraffes have such long necks?
Girl [starting to giggle]: Because... because they have smelly feet!!!