Grandad Jokes, Batch #93

Richard Seltzer
2 min readJul 6, 2022
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From the Never Grow Up section of the book Grandad Jokes

1826

An item on a to-do list is a toodle.

And encouragement to get to work on those items

is “Toodle do.”

1827

When his landlord asked him to write a check,

the author wrote “Kafka.”

1828

He was a pushover.

Too soft, too sensitive.

He needed to toughen up.

So he practiced callousthenics.

1829

Good name for a music album:

Finally Here.

“Her latest album is Finally Here.”

1830

The speller weighed her chances.

Was it worth a shot or not?

Should she go to DC for the championship?

To bee or not to bee?

1831

The bandmaster just needed

fife minutes.

1832

What did Odysseus sing when he arrived in Ithaca in the guise of a stranger?

Penny Lane

1833

He was good, but he was just good.

So she divorced him and married a bettor.

1834

Hoover tried to sell Coolidge running shoes,

but Coolidge replied,

“I do not shoes to run.

1835

Her style of sculpture

is known as bras-relief.

It captures the moment on a hot day

when a woman takes off her brassiere.

1836

Fortunately, covid never got to Ithaca.

But Eumaeus caught swine flu.

1837

Mnemonic for inventory management schemes —

First in first out is like vomit.

Last in first out is like excrement.

1838

The doctor recommended beef broth,

but the grocery store was out of it.

So he went to a brothel.

1839

She was the daughter of the artist

who painted The Scream.

She was a true muchkin.

1840

The 29–29 Yale-Harvard game of 1968

won the Tony award

for best score.

1841

What’s the proper way to address

the Loch Ness Monster?

“Your High Ness.”

1842

Little known fact —

President George Washington

was named after a bridge in New York.

1843

For a comedian,

life is like a football game.

If you can’t make progress,

drop back and pun.

1844

Why was Samuel Clemens late for work?

He missed the morning twain.

1845

Why did the Scarecrow win the election?

It was a straw vote.

1846

What did the real estate broker

say to the dog who wanted to buy a house?

“Get a loan, little doggie.”

1847

The editor specialized

in tweaking tweets.

1848

She stopped wearing pigtails

for fear of catching swine flu.

1849

Can you recite the names of the Kings of England?

Henry the Eighth

Mack the Kninth

Alladin the Tent

Legolas the Elven.

1850

What do you call the cloakroom at a nunnery?

the habitat

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Richard Seltzer

His recent books include Echoes from the Attic, Grandad Jokes, Lizard of Oz, Shakespeare'sTwin Sister, To Gether Tales. and Parallel Lives, seltzerbooks.com