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french kids like knock-knock jokes. listen to this one:

knock-knock.
who's there?
anita.
anita who?
anita bath. can i borrow some soap?

first of all it wasn't my fault. it was in the grade 2 english exercise book i'm teaching this french korean kid from. yeah i'm an english tutor on top of being a librarian. anywayz...that's not the point. first i read it for her (because she can't read yet). then she proceeded in memorizing it. and then assigned roles.
"I say knock-knock first."
"ok, go ahead."
"knock-knock."
"who's there?"
"anita."
"anita who?"
"anita bath. can i borrow some soap?" ha. ha ha. ha.
"now you say knock-knock first."
"knock-knock..."
after the second time i was getting heartily sick of it. we went on for...about five more times. and each time she seemed to get more and more amused. and why didn't i stop this absurdity you ask? i think coz it was better than teaching her about rhyming words. slide, glide, tide, bide, guide...