It was a hot day and Anna and Anna were sitting on the town beach<\/p>\n
They were both reading but found it hard to see the pages of their books<\/p>\n
As the sun was white bright and deep away from the night<\/p>\n
Anna tell me your favourite joke<\/em><\/p>\n I do really have one as mostly the denouement lets the joke down\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0You must have one\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Maybe it’s the joke that your brother told me\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n That being\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Do you know that Princess Diana was on the radio when she died<\/em><\/p>\n That is typical of his humour\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Do you think it is funny\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Not really it is clever in its simplicity but I am not sure if I would call it funny<\/em><\/p>\n I have a much better joke which is about a girl whose boyfriend has left her<\/em><\/p>\n She is frantic with worry as it is out of character\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n One evening just as it is getting dark she hears a knock at the door\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n A Post-Punk girl a little younger than herself is standing in the porch\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Are you April Furst\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Yes I am <\/em><\/p>\n How may I help you\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Did you live with a boy called Phillip\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Yes\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Do you know where he is\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Yes I do<\/em><\/p>\n Would you please tell me as I am frantic with worry\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I do not know how to break this to you\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Break what\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n You boyfriend has hung himself he is in the attic\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The girl rushes up the stairs and comes down in a flood of tears<\/p>\n He is not there\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n April Fool\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He is hanging in the cellar\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Anna looked at Anna and then at the lifeguard who was watching them<\/p>\n That is the sickest joke I have ever heard it is just not funny<\/em><\/p>\n I never said it was funny but it is my favourite joke\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The lifeguard then walked across and introduced himself<\/p>\n Hi I am Mark and I was wondering whether you girls would like to share a Coke\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Anna and Anna Forever<\/p>\n Oh I see but I would still like to share a Coke with you\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n OK but on one condition\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n That being\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n What is your favourite joke\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The lifeguard pondered the question for a minute<\/p>\n He smiled as all lifeguards tended to do<\/p>\n What was Snow White’s favourite drink\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I do not know but I am sure that you will tell us\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Seven Up\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Anna and Anna looked at each other<\/p>\n It was not that funny was it\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I am not a comedian\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n It was the best joke that I have ever heard\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Really<\/em><\/p>\n Yes\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Are the Cokes cold\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Very\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Then what are we waiting for<\/em><\/p>\n Come on Anna<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a hot day and Anna and Anna were sitting on the town beach They were both reading but found it hard to see the pages of their books As the sun was white bright and deep away from the night Anna tell me your favourite joke I do really have one as mostly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9041,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9037\/revisions\/9041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}