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And if yes, do you have any great jokes/stories for this context? Would love to hear 'em/archive 'em here.

Tim

I couldn't wait. I like:

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When Dad came home he was astonished to see Alec sitting on a horse, writing something. " What on earth are you doing there ?" he asked.

"Well, the teacher told us to write an essay on our favourite animal. That's why I'm here and that's why Susie's sitting in the goldfish bowl !"
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Tim

Also like:

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In the Fire Station
Little Jimmy's preschool class went on a field trip to the fire station. The firefighter giving the presentation held up a smoke detector and asked the class: "Does anyone know what this is?"

Little Jimmy's hand shot up and the firefighter called on him.

Little Jimmy replied: "That's how Mommy knows supper is ready!"

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(Not that I have any personal knowledge on that one...)

Hmmm-Tim--not sure I'd open with THAT in a room full of what is often women..especially if I were a man....

d

Yes, not a bad point. Will have to consider that.

Tim

I've got one that my uncle used to tell.

It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her students. The florist's daughter handed her a gift. She said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers."

That's right" the girl said, "but how did you know?" "Oh, just a wild guess," she said.

The next pupil was the candy shop owner's son. The teacher picked up the gift, shook it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is. A box of sweets."

"That's right, but how did you know?" asked the boy "Oh, just a wild guess," said the teacher.

The next gift was from the son of the liquor store owner. The teacher held the package overhead, but it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and touched it to her tongue. "Is it wine?" she asked. "No," the boy replied, with some excitement.

The teacher repeated the process, taking a larger drop of the leakage to her tongue. "Is it champagne?" she asked. "No," the boy replied, with more excitement.

The teacher took one more taste before declaring, "I give up, what is it?"

With great excitement, the boy replied, "It's a puppy!"

Oh, I love the smoke detector joke. It's all too true at my house! BTW, nothing is ever burned, it's merely "dark brown".

I think its a great idea to open the meeting with a joke or a bit of light humor. It eases everyone into the evening and lets guests know that, while there is structure and rules, nobody takes themselves [I]too[/I] seriously. I just wish I had a good one of my own to share. Here's one I swiped from a joke website. It's been around for a while but it's still funny.....

A father was scolding his young son for not doing his homework.

"If I had a computer, it would be so much easier," said the son.

"You don't need a computer," replied the father. "When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he studied by candlelight in a log cabin."

"And when he was your age," the son replied, "He was President of the United States!"

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“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.”

What did the fish say when it swam into a cement wall?..........Dam!

I love the joke about the leaking gift that turns out to be a puppy. I don't know if I'll ever have the nerve to open up with a joke, but I love the idea of it. I just may try it!!

I opened our meeting with a joke this year. I took an idea from your magazine and made a top 10 fundraising ideas we [U]didn't[/U] use last year. Some ideas I used were... Family film night now showing footage of the teachers wild and unleashed in the teachers lounge AND kids selling lemonade at the roundabout in town. My favorite was women of PTL swimsuit calendar. I even put it in a powerpoint and projected it up onto the screen.

After that I made a little presentation on the computer to music (we are family) and showed slides of all of our events with dates for the upcoming year. Parents were excited to see pictures of their kids and teachers on screen.