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PROBLEM XXV| 'Joke Off'
“Okay, here’s one. Which is the longest word?”
“Go find a dictionary Houston,” I said, rolling my eyes. He sighed, “Since you can’t tell I’ll tell you. But this will mean that you lost, okay?”
I smirked, “It’s Smiles. Because there’s a mile in there.” Houston grunted, “Aw man!” He narrowed his eyes, “This is so not the end,” He said, jerking his collar and walking away. I mimicked him, turning around and starting to walk away.
Starting—Key word.
“Okay! How do you get rid of a boomerang?” Greg asked, Grant beside him wiggling his eyebrows. I gave him a spiritless look, “You throw it down a one way street,” I answered.
The twins looked at me surprised, “How did you know that? It can’t be!” Greg wailed and stomped away. Grant gave me a narrowed look, “You’ll lose by lunch."
Today morning I had been in a very ecstatic mood. And God knows why I decided to crack a stupid joke. Now, the boys think they can win against me in the field of jokes. And to prove that, they declared a 'Joke Off'
How ridiculous can they possibly get?
I made my way inside math and grabbed a corner seat. The class was as blasé as math can possibly be. I, on the same hand was on the verge of shutting my eyes off and drifting was to sleep.
That was until a crumbled piece of paper landed on my desk. I looked around to see who threw it and I saw Kai with an excited gleam in his eyes. He jerked his head towards the paper urging me to open it. I looked at him in confusion and I unfolded the piece of paper in my hand.
What did one pickpocket say to the other pickpocket?
‘I can’t believe you’re doing this too!’ I mouthed to him. Flipping over the paper, I scrambled the answer on it: Every crowd had a silver lining. And threw it back at him when the teacher wasn't paying attention.
I watched him as he read the answer and saw his shoulders slum, and gleam deflate. I smirked and fleed the class as the bell rang. Kai came beside me, “I can’t believe you knew that.”
Next hour was History. I had Ryan, Macy and Kyle in that class with me and I already know I would have two joke questions to face already. Surprisingly, Ryan stayed out of the competition as he knew my obsession over jokes.
As soon as I landed my butt in History, my face was crowded with that of Macy’s. “I got one that you’ll never get,” She said, “Why isn't there much honey in Brazil?”
