101 Cool Canadian Jokes

Anne Hutchings, a former elementary-school teacher-librarian with the
Durham Board of Education, is an educational consultant.

This collection of jokes, riddles, puns, and knock-knocks is sure to
elicit groans and giggles and have you shaking your head at the sheer
ridiculous nonsense. Some have universal appeal, but the majority have a
distinctly Canadian flavour, making this a welcome addition and
first-choice purchase for school and public library collections.

The book is divided into five sections. “Wild Canada” contains
riddles with references to a variety of plants and animals. Examples
are: “What airlines do grizzlies fly? Bear Canada” and “How do
frogs honour their ancestors? With toadem poles.”

“When Canadians Come A-Knockin’” contains gems like
“Knock-knock. Who’s there? Dishes. Dishes who? Dishes the
RCMP—Open up!”

“Jokes for Jocks” features references to Canadian sports such as
lacrosse and ringette. “What did the sporty chicken do? He lacrossed
the road”; “What sport do circles like to play? Ringette”; and the
obligatory Number 99 joke, “What do you get when you cross a great
hockey player and a plumber? Drain Gretzky.”

The remaining sections, “Those Crazy Canucks” and “Oh, You
Canucklehead,” contain a variety of rib-ticklers. My favourite is:
Canucklehead: “Doctor, I swallowed a dollar!” Doctor: “How do you
feel?” Canucklehead: “Loonie!”

The volume concludes with a list of book titles—the “Top 10
Canadian Bestsellers”—which includes such must-reads as Canada: The
Greatest Country in the World by Ken Nuck, Once Upon a Waterway by
Lawrence Seaway, The Stampede Encyclopedia by Al Berta, and, at number
10, Trees of Canada by B. Verr. What fun! Recommended.