Jokes kids with AS would understand

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Hi guys,

My youngest brother, who also has AS, recently got a kids jokebook from his grandma. He's frustrated, though, since he doesn't get the humor in any of the jokes. I took a look at the book and realized why; many of the jokes rely on non-literal meanings of words (ex: Why did the broke dog chase his own tail? He was trying to make ends meet).

Does anyone know any resources, whether they're books, websites, or jokes you've made up/from memory, where I can get jokes that the little guy understands? Thanks!

How many Minbari does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

(Heh, that's where having a Minbari sense of humor comes in handy.. they find humor in failure to gain spiritual or intellectual enlightenment. )

I tend to prefer language based jokes actually.
They're little language puzzles, and puzzles are fun.


Or geeky humour:

http://fora.tv/2009/11/08/Science_Laugh ... rian_Malow

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side



Why did the silly Billy sit on the TV set?
He wanted to be on TV

Why did the silly Billy drop a stick of butter out the window?
He wanted to see a butterfly

Why did the silly Billy sit on the clock?
He wanted to be on time

Why did the silly Billy drop a class of water out the window?
He wanted to see a waterfall


I got all these as a kid.

My husband and I didn't get this one either

I love puns and irony.

how about a guy getting cracked over the head with a plank of wood
I found that sort of humour hilarious as a kid

Thanks, Spokane Girl! Your jokes were just the type of response that I was looking for. Butterfly... on TV.. I'm sure he'll love those.

Thanks for the link! Does the comedian have AS? I didn't find his jokes terribly funny, and I think they would go over my brother's head, but it was an interesting watch.



That's pretty funny, but I'm looking for jokes in written form. My brother, unlike so many children, loves to read, so I want to keep the habit alive

But those aren't so remotely different from your broke/broken dog one.



He's not identified as having AS. He's just a science lover, and he's doing his comedy at a scientist audience, so a certain level of geekness is understood.

You have to know what room temperature superconductors are in order to understand the joke.

And he did get a few groans from the audience, but they were still funny.




Give him Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams to read.
And for Terry Pratchett, if you don't understand the numerous references, there's a whole website to explain them, lspace.org. But you don't need to get them all.

For slapstick films I'd recommend Buster Keaton and of course the Laurel & Hardy ones. Classic silent slapstick is an education in film history, so should be encouraged to be enjoyed.

Tate loves physical humor as we call it. just like this

books are hard to make funny-especially to someone with AS
I never had problems understanding things like that
I was always on the fence-between AS and NT
understood by neither lol
understands neither

And being borderline still gives you a sh***y life?

well in the sense I can't relate to either side

I understood how the others were supposed to be funny but how is this even a joke? I mean DUHHH!! !! ! Where else did the chicken go after crossing the road.

Oh, please do not tell me I missed another underlying meaning in this joke

Absolutely. Like "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents."
My kids loved it as much as I did.

And geeky humor for when he's older. Like:
"There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't."

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+ends+meet

I didn't understand it either...but I'm not sure this has anything to do with AS cause you either know it or you don't and now I know what the phrase means.

The first time I heard a joke starting with the words "two guys walked into a bar" I started laughing immediately after... that part. The rest of the joke was lost on me, because all I could see was two guys walking into a metal bar and then falling to the ground.

So my favorite joke of all time is still: Two guys walked into a bar. The third one ducked.