The Knock

Fieldwork Topic # 1: The Knock-Knock Joke Who: Naim Johnson, who’s 18 years old, and goes to Indiana University, was the lucky interviewee. He is a bio major and is trying to work his way to med school. He loves to watch and play soccer, especially with his roommate Gus, who is also interviewed. What: The Knock-Knock joke Naim’s joke was “Knock Knock… Whos there? Cows go… Cows go who? No stupid, cows go moo. Knock Knock jokes are like an old American pastime. All ages can join in on the innocent fun of a knock knock joke. Some jokes go right over some toddler’s heads, but even toddlers can come up with this kind of joke. When: Naim says, he remembers these jokes starting up around the age of 9. He said he had heard them before but didn’t…

his time outside with friends. I, like most kids, enjoyed being reckless and doing dangerous things. My friends and I always ended up performing silly stunts, such as riding on a sled that was tied to a four-wheeler, which usually ended with someone getting hurt (that someone was usually me). In spite of me getting injured a lot, my friends and I continued doing these stunts. Above all things, I enjoyed making people laugh, and what better way is there to make people laugh than to get hurt in…

friends have moved to the colonies. What was worse was that their parents no shorter than a month ago died at sea while visiting her relatives in Spain. She longed to go to the new world, but she knew it was a immense risk. Whole towns have vanished before, and how was a dainty woman like her, going to survive the intense danger. It took all she had, to not go back there and apologize, but she knew it was too late. Her sisters were reminded of the sorrow and disappoint rolled off them like…

“ Knock, Knock. Can we please have your taxes.” The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1756. The tax was suppose to put taxes on every piece of printed paper. The stamp acts was relatively small. The money they got from the stamp act helped with the cost and the defend the American frontier near the application mountains ( 10,000 troops were stationed for this occasion). Few Colonist believed that they could do anything more than grumble and buy stamps until the…

CHAPTER 29 Pellaeon’s board pinged. He looked at it- “Sir, we have a priority message coming in from Wayland,” he told Thrawn, his stomach with a sudden horrible premonition. “Read it, Captain,” Thrawn said his voice deadly quiet. “Decrypt is coming in now, sir,” Pellaeon said. “The mountain is under attack, sir,” he told Thrawn. “Two different forces of natives, some rebel saboteurs and-” He broke off, frowning in disbelief. “A group of Noghri-” Pellaeon never finished reading the report…

the only night grandma would allow me to eat in front of the TV, and not force me to talk about school or whatever sport I was playing at the time. As the big bang theory played on the television, I watched mindlessly, with no idea what was to come. In the small farming town where I grew up, there was one things they preached like church, always eat your bread and butter. Small towns like Hopkins did not welcome different, so I can assure you, when I started to feel sick I was encouraged to…

Giannis Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo? Who is that? Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of my favorite players in the NBA and is my favorite player from the Milwaukee Bucks. His last name has 13 letters in it! Did you know that Antetokounmpo is Greek? Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Greek basketball player who plays in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks. My goal of this paper is to inform you about Giannis Antetokounmpo, how hard his life was in his childhood, his talents, and why he has been “big…

Kristaps Porzingis will still be a Knick, for now. The New York Knicks picked up the 2018-2019 team option on the 22-year old power forward/center from Latvia. But words are now spreading that he was almost traded by former Knicks president Phil Jackson for the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft in order to get point guard Lonzo Ball. The Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis as their fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Many basketball enthusiasts were in disbelief and even disagree with…

Once Veronica saw the trash can, she grabbed it and vomited the alcohol out of her system. In 20 minutes, the apartment reeked of stomach acid infused with alcohol. Calvin called it a night and drove back home. Madeline and I stayed by Veronica’s side for a few hours. During those few hours, we listened to Veronica’s knock knock jokes about pineapples and her rant about her low alcohol tolerance. Finally, she fell asleep. While she was sleeping, Madeline and I tried to work on the study guide,…

ESSAY 1 ELEANOR LOUISE WILSON Mrs Kristan ENGLISH 101 09/29/15 In “Knock Knock” by Daniel Beaty the purpose of the poem is is to highlight the importance of a fatherly figure during a son’s childhood. This significance is portrayed throughout the text by the authors use of repetition of symbolic phrases “knock knock”, as well as the narrative of the story being portrayed through the eyes of a child giving us a clearer indication of how it must feel to grow up without a father. The author…