Pint-Sized Punch Lines

* If 007 has a license to kill, what does Agent 409 have a license to do? To clean. (Robbie Rosenberg, 9, Pacific Palisades, Marquez Charter Elementary)

* When the El Nin~o storm hit the uncovered pigpen, what happened? Hogwash. (Jared Cary, 10, Camarillo, Los Altos School)

* Why don’t skeletons play in church? They don’t have any organs. (Michael Timothy Mendes, 9, Mar Vista, Mar Vista Elementary)

* What is Darth Vader’s wife’s name? Ella Vader. (Zachary Lapidus, 10, Encino, Roscomare Road School)

* What happens if you talk to your money? You don’t make cents. (Elizabeth Eye, 13, North Hollywood, Dubnoff Center)

* What’s red, furry and in a jar? Pickle Me Elmo. (Louis Lee, 11, Hacienda Heights, Mesa Robles Middle School)

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