Halloween St. Louis Tradition - Telling Jokes for Your Candy
Joke-telling on Halloween is not unique to St. Louis. Apparently, the tradition actually started in Des Moines, where it began as a Depression-era attempt to curb hooliganism, which included upending trash cans, turning on fire hydrants and shooting out streetlights.
The theory seemed to be that kids would perform fewer pranks if they had to come up with a harmless sort of trick to receive treats.
Here are some of the best (or worst) jokes heard in my St. Louis 'hood last year AND every year:
1. What does a friendly alien and a jigsaw puzzle have in common?
One comes in peace the other in pieces.
2. What did the skeleton order at the restaurant?
Spare ribs.
3. Why don't vampires have friends?
Because they're pains in the neck.
4. What do you get when you mix Frosty the Snowman with a vampire?
Frost bite.
5. What kind of shoes do mice wear?
Squeakers.
6. What do you call cheese that's not yours?
Nacho cheese.
7. Who won the skeleton beauty contest.
No body.
8. Knock knock.
Who's there?
Phillip.
Phillip who?
Phillip my bag with candy.
9. What is black and white and red all over? (And not a newspaper.)
A skunk in a blender.
10. What a vampires favorite drink?
Blood Light.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/10/31/141861829/halloween-is-more-funny-than-scary-in-st-louis