My Jokingdom E-Book

Tom E. Moffatt

• Herausgeber: Write Laugh
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: I’m Joking
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 32

Beschreibung

Step into Tom E. Moffatt's Jokingdom, where laughter and humour reign supreme.

- Discover 100+ original side-splitting jokes

- Learn to deliver knockout punchlines like a pro

- Create your own hilarious name jokes

- Knock together your own knock-knock howlers

This short but jam-packed book is the perfect introduction to the realm of jokes and joke-writing. So, don your jester’s hat and begin your tour of Tom E. Moffatt’s Jokingdom.

Leseprobe

My Jokingdom

Discover Jokes. Tell Jokes. Write Jokes. Laugh.

Tom E. Moffatt

Write Laugh

Copyright

Published in 2023 by Write Laugh

Rotorua, New Zealand

Text © Tom E. Moffatt, 2023

Illustrations © Paul Beavis, 2023

www.TomEMoffatt.com

ISBN: 978-1-99-116176-5 (e-book)

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Cover design and illustrations: Paul Beavis

Developmental and copy editing: Vicki Arnott, Story Polisher

Proofreading: Marj Griffiths, Rainbow Resolutions

Print and e-book design: Write Laugh

Dedication

For Anabella,

The first child in my Jokingdom

Contents

1.

Introduction

2.

Original Jokes

3.

Joke-Telling Tips

4.

I’m Joking

5.

Building Your Repertoire

6.

I’m Seriously Joking

7.

Create Your Own Knock-Knock Jokes

8.

I’m Joking, Genius!

9.

Write Your Own Name Jokes

10.

Funny Knock-Knock Jokes

11.

Longer Jokes

12.

Colour By Laughter

13.

The Beginning

Also by Tom E. Moffatt

About the Author

Introduction

Welcome to my Jokingdom!

I’m delighted that you’re here.

There’s so much to see and do… where to begin?

Of course… an introduction. How silly of me.

My name is Tom E. Moffatt and I write jokes and funny stories for kids. I never intended to create an entire Jokingdom. I simply began writing original jokes for my I’m Joking series. But then I wanted to help young jokers create and tell their own jokes. That’s when the You’re Joking series was born. Then the Joke Collector’s Notebook and Colour by Laughter.

This book is an introduction to my Jokingdom. It contains a taster of everything I have written so far. There are jokes, of course. More than one hundred of them. Some are unique to this book, others are taken from my different joke books. All of them are original.

Those adventurous, fun-seeking souls who journey into my Jokingdom will learn how to tell jokes, how to write knock-knock jokes and how to create other kinds of jokes. They’ll collect jokes along the way and discover how to store them for future joke-telling sessions.

Throughout this book, I’ve included links to my other books. Check them out when you’re ready to dive deeper and take your jokes and joke-telling to the next level. But for now, this short book contains more than enough to get you started.

So, don your jester’s hat and let’s begin our tour of Tom E. Moffatt’s Jokingdom.

Original Jokes

In the beginning, there were jokes.

Then came more jokes.

I’ve now published over 1500 original jokes. At least, I like to think that all my jokes are original. The problem is, I’ll sometimes spend hours crafting and fine-tuning a particular joke, only to see or hear something very similar elsewhere. This is because all joke writers draw from the same language pool and sometimes, when we craft the perfect setup to go with a punchline, other people arrive at the same destination. That said, my books only contain jokes I’ve come up with myself, rather than all the old classics. And here are twenty-five of my jokes that you won’t find anywhere else:

What trees do people sleep in?

Dormitrees

Why do emails from Heinz Ketchup get through your spam filter?

It’s a trustworthy sauce

How long do you need to wait when you have a puncture?

The hole-in-tyre time

What do you call someone who only tells knock-knock jokes at night?

Knock-Knockturnal

I practice football skills at every possible moment. I even dribble in my sleep.

What do you call a daisy that springs up after being stepped on?

Self-raising flower

Which kind of butter should you avoid?

A head butter

What happened when it rained at a dog show?

There were lots of muddy poodles

How are newborn buildings delivered?