Monster and Creepy-Crawly Jokes, Riddles, and Games
Chapter 1 Muahahaha Why is it so fun to laugh Is it because laughter makes us feel happy Or is it because we simply can’t help it And what kinds of things make us laugh For some people it’s watching something ridiculous like when a little kid tries to walk around in adult shoes For others the right word said at the right time and place can make us bust a gut SCARY CAN BE FUNNY A lot of people find scary things funny That’s right Scary things such as giant spiders with fake hairy legs in a horror film Why is this funny Humor experts yes there are people who study things that are funny think that we laugh at things that are threatening but also safe at the same time It’s a way of relieving stress So we might laugh at someone tripping over their shoelaces but not if they were injured We wouldn’t find it funny that someone broke their nose after tripping over their shoelaces It’s not funny to laugh when someone is hurt 4 To bust a gut is a slang term It means to laugh so hard you hurt your stomach
Q How do monsters like their eggs Yuk yuk yuk Terrifried A Q What kind of dog does Dracula have Muahahaha Get it A bloodhound A FuNnY BoNe A cackle is a sharp throaty laugh It is often used in books and plays to describe a witch’s nasty laughter 5
LAUGHING SICKNESS Laughter can be contagious No really we mean it In 1962 a school in Tanzania was closed down for a time during a laughter epidemic It started with three students and spread like a virus throughout the school Students could not stop laughing and nobody could get anything done The laughter was called an epidemic It was believed to have been caused by stress The students could have easily cried or gotten sick but their bodies and minds reacted with laughter instead HA HA HA HA HA HA I DIED LAUGHING We often use the phrase I’m dying when we are laughing really hard But can people really die laughing There have been some cases where a heart attack or stroke occurred after some hearty laughter but those people are usually already in poor health Laughter is actually thought to be very good for our health At the very least it makes us feel great DARK HUMOR Dark humor is anything that pokes fun at serious stressful and frightening things This includes jokes and comments made about war death and crime It might seem odd but comedy often follows tragedy People sometimes need to relieve their pain by making fun of a situation they cannot change You might have used your own form of dark humor when being punished by your parents for something you did wrong If your punishment was to clean the bathroom for example you might look at your dog and say well at least I don’t have to clean your toilet 6
THIS MIGHT BE FAMILIAR Many well-known children’s books and movies use dark humor Nasty villains are often described as humorously ugly and not very smart For example in the children’s book The BFG The Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl a vegetable-eating giant teams with a girl who lives in a horrible orphanage Together they convince the Queen of England to imprison nine human-eating giants The giants have names such as Meatdripper Childchewer Bloodbottler and Fleshlumpeater The names are scary sounding but also funny FuNnY BoNe To the ancient Greeks the term humor did not mean funny Instead they believed the humors were four body fluids blood yellow bile black bile and phlegm These humors were thought to control health In good humor meant in good shape Today in good humor means being happy 7 Q What do you call a fast-eating monster A goblin A
