How Jokes get Misinterpreted
We brought the kids over to Noni’s house for dinner with Judy, and I told them about a time Edd’s father tried to get him to take a trip to Israel. When Edd asked why his father suggested it was part of the Jewish experience. Edd responded “Being shot at by Arabs? Yeah, I guess that is the Jewish experience.”
Everybody laughed at the story, but a few days later Claire remembered it while riding in the car with Ava.
“Did you know people with experience shoot Jews with arrows?”
I think I’m going to have to be more careful about the jokes I tell around the kids (or at least take the time to explain them).