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{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why did the students eat their homework? A: Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: “It’s a piece of cake” means that something is really easy.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What did the computer say when it fell into the quicksand? A: “Help me! I’m syncing!” Why is this joke funny? Rosey: When someone falls in quicksand they start to sink, that is, go down into the sand. When computers connect with other computers they “sync,” a word that means to synchronize. That is often how computers share information like when a person syncs an iPod with a computer to share music. The words sink and sync sound the same which is why this joke is funny.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? A: He was feeling really crumbie! Rosey: Crumbs are the little pieces of cookie or bread that fall to the table as you eat; the “b” in the word crumb is silent so it sounds like “crum.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q:What is a cat’s favorite color? A:Purr-ple Rosey: Purple, that is! You see, the rumble noise that cats make under their chin when they are happy is called a purr. Cats meow and purr. This joke is funny because it plays on the “pur” part of purple. Rrrrrrrr!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: How do you keep someone in suspense? A: I’ll tell you tomorrow! Rosey: Suspense is that feeling of wanting to know what is going to happen. In his films, Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense, keeping you on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what was going to happen next. That’s what makes this joke funny- the questioner keeps the listener in suspense by saying, “I’ll tell you tomorrow!”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What did the tooth fairy use to fix her wand? A: Toothpaste! Rosey: The Tooth Fairy leaves small amounts of money under the pillow where small children have left a tooth that recently fell out. She always has a magic wand. I suppose that the wand could break and she would need some glue (also known as paste) to fix it. Because she is the Tooth Fairy she might use tooth-paste. That’s funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Did you hear about the red ship and the blue ship that collided? A: All the sailors were marooned! Rosey: Marooned: to be stranded on an island after a ship wreck. Maroon: a dark red, almost purple, color. So, when red and blue are mixed, you get purple, well, maroon. This joke plays with the knowledge that red and blue make maroon (almost, sort of maroonish purple) and the knowledge that a boat crash may leave sailors marooned.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q:What did the sock say to the foot? A:“Shoe!” Rosey: Or did the sock say, “Shoo!” “Shoo” means go away, scram, get out of here as in the song “Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me.” Shoe, obviously, is what you put on your foot (after you put on your sock). Was the sock pointing out that the shoe was coming closer?
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why was the nose feeling sad? A: It was tired of getting picked on! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. When you “pick your nose” you stick your finger in your nose and, well, remove whatever is in there. “To be picked on” means that someone is bothering you, bullying you: The older kid picked on the younger kid by pushing him every time they saw each other.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q:Why does Santa have a garden? A:So he can hoe, hoe, hoe! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: When Santa laughs he says, “Ho, ho ho!” When you work in a garden sometimes you use a hoe (a tool with a long handle and a flat piece of metal on the end that is perpendicular to the long handle). This joke is funny because it changes “ho, ho, ho” for “hoe, hoe, hoe.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Where do polar bears vote? A: The North Poll! Rosey: When you go to vote for a candidate, the place that you go is called the poll. Last year my polling place changed from a school to a nursing home; every year, though, I go to the poll to vote.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: What did one elevator say to the other elevator? A: I think I’m coming down with something! Rosey: There is a double meaning in this joke: “To come down with something” is to get sick; elevators come down with something- people. When the first elevator says it is coming down with something the listener hears the double meaning of getting sick and going to a lower floor — and that’s funny because elevators don’t get sick.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: How do you reach a book in an emergency? A: Call its pager! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. A pager or a beeper is a small electronic device (not used much anymore because so many people have cell phones) that beeps or vibrates and shows the telephone number of the caller or a message from the caller. They are often used in hospitals or other locations where it is important to contact someone and do so with minimal interference.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: What do you call four bullfighters in quicksand? A: Cuatro sinko! Rosey: Ah, yes! A bad bilingual joke. Bullfighters are often found in Spanish speaking countries. The number four in Spanish is “cuatro.” If you are in quicksand you are probably sinking down into the sand.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why did Tomás throw the clock out the window? A: He wanted to see time fly! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. “Time flies” means that time seems to pass quickly as in the expression, “time flies when you are having fun.” Of course if you throw a clock then the clock, which shows the time, is flying. This joke plays with the words “time flies,” both the figurative meaning and the literal meaning.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Knock, knock! Who’s There? Theodore. Theodore who? Theodore is stuck and it won’t open! Rosey: Yesterday, teddy bears. Today, Theodore: thee-o door. The last part of the name “Theodore” sounds like “door.” If you say the whole name fast it can almost sound like “thee door” or “the door.” This joke is funny because it is not Theodore who is knocking at the door but someone who says the door is stuck.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Why are teddy bears never hungry? A: They are always stuffed! Rosey: After you finish eating you could say, “I am full” or you might say, “I’m stuffed.” Both expressions mean the same thing: you have eaten enough and you do not need to eat any more.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q:What did the baker say when he found his lost dough? A:“That’s just what I kneaded!” Rosey: “To knead dough” is to push and pull it; that is what you do to the dough before you let it rise. “To knead” sounds just like “to need.” This joke plays on these phrases that sound the same. Do you knead more of an explanation? No, but you might need more of an explanation.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Did you hear the joke about the roof? A: Never mind, it’s over your head! Rosey: “Over your head” can have two different meanings: 1) something is literally above you; 2) something is too hard for you to understand. For example: 1) the ceiling of the room I am in is over my head and keeps the snow off my shoulders; 2) Quantum physics is “over my head” because I do not understand it.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: When is a baby good at basketball? A: When it’s dribbling! Rosey: “To dribble” the basketball means to bounce the ball as you walk or run down the basketball court. “To dribble” is also to let saliva drop from your mouth. Babies often dribble, that is, they drool, they let saliva or food or milk come out of their mouths.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: Why do scientists think humming birds hum? A: Because they can’t remember the words! Rosey: “To hum” can be to sing, “la, la, la” when you don’t know the words to a song or keep your lips together and make the notes of a song. This joke is funny because hummingbirds don’t really hum; they chirp. They’re birds! I wonder why they can’t remember the words?
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why did the police arrest the turkey? A: They suspected it of foul play! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: “Suspected of foul play” means that the police think you did something illegal. The group of birds that include chickens, duck, geese and turkeys are known as fowl. “Foul” and “fowl” sound the same. This joke plays with the word fowl/ foul and is really a lot funnier if spoken, not read. (A foul is also a mis-play in a sport such as basketball. Isn’t English fun!)
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Should you have your whole family for Thanksgiving dinner? A: No, you should just have the turkey! Rosey: Another joke that plays with a double meaning. Imagine a conversation like this: “What did you have for dinner?” “I had soup and bread.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q:Which side of the turkey has the most feathers? A:The outside! Rosey: At first when you hear this joke, the expectation is that the answer will be the right side or the left side, perhaps the top, bottom, front or back. What the listener does not expect is the outside; that answer is too obvious. That is why the joke is funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: What is the musical part of a turkey? A: The drumstick! Rosey: “Drumstick” has two meanings: a drumstick is the piece of wood that a drummer uses to hit the drum and make music; a turkey leg, one that has been cooked and is ready to eat, is also called a drumstick. This joke plays on the double meaning of the word drumstick.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Why did the bee get married? A: Because he found his honey! Rosey: Sweetie, dear, my love, honey. These are all words/ phrases that a person might use for his or her significant other, for the love of your life. So, when you “find your honey” you find that person who means a lot to you. Then, you could marry that person.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Why did the poor dog chase his own tail? A: He was trying to make ends meet! Rosey: “To make ends meet” is an expression used when someone is working hard to earn enough money to pay the bills. The word “poor” in “poor dog” can be an expression of sympathy such as “you poor thing” or it can mean poor as in a person with little or no money.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: How did the music teacher get locked in the classroom? A: His keys were inside the piano! Rosey: Well, the word “keys” in this joke has two meanings: 1) Keys are the white and black parts of the piano that your fingers touch when you play the piano; 2) Keys are the pieces of metal that you use to unlock doors. This joke is funny because piano keys are in the piano, they are part of the piano but if you leave the keys to your room in the piano then you cannot get into you room.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why are graveyards noisy? A: Because of all the coffin! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. A coffin is the box that dead people are buried in. Coughing is the body’s natural response when there is a tickle in the throat and you try to clear it- you cough.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What do you get from a pampered cow? A: Spoiled milk. Rosey: To be “pampered” is to be taken care of in a very nice way. Someone might go to the spa to have her nails done and get a massage and we could say, “She is being pampered.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What do you call newborn bee? A: A ba-bee! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: Newborn is a word that refers to a baby who has recently come into the world, yes, a baby. A bee is an insect that gives us honey and pollinates plants.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What do racers eat? A: Fast food! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: A racer is a person who races, such as a runner or a race car driver. The whole point of a race is to go fast in order to win. “Fast food” is food that you can get at a restaurant like McDonalds: you order the food and they give it to you right away. So if you want to go fast you need to eat food that will give you the energy to go fast, or “fast food.” That’s what makes this joke funny! Of course fast food will not make you fast, fat perhaps, but not fast 🙂 .
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What do you get when you cross a bear and a ghost? A: Winnie the boo! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: You already know what a bear is and you already know what a ghost is. But do you know about Winnie the Pooh? Winnie the Pooh is a stuffed bear created by A. A. Milne. Wonderful stories from a long time ago! “Pooh” sounds like “boo.” Ghosts say, “Boo!” Therefore we get Winnie the Boo!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What’s green and sings? A:Elvis Parsley! Rosey: This joke is a play on words- “parsley”, a leafy green used as food, sounds a lot like “Presley” the last name of the famous singer, Elvis Presley. Parsley, Presley, Parsley, Presley, Parsley, Presley- try saying that 10 times fast.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What do you call a scared cow? A: A milk shake! Rosey: When people get scared, frightened, they sometimes shake because of the fear they feel. A milkshake is a drink that mixes (or shakes) together ice cream and milk (sometimes with fruit or chocolate or …). So, if you shake a cow (which would be really hard to do!) you could get a milk-shake. Or if the cow gets scared it could shake itself and the milk that is inside it thereby making a milkshake. Crazy! It could never happen! That’s why it’s funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: When does a teacher carry birdseed? A: When there is a parrot-teacher conference! Rosey: Parrots like birdseed; they eat it! Teachers have conferences with parents called parent teacher conferences; it is a time to talk to the parents about how their children are doing in school. “Parrot-teacher” sounds like “parent-teacher” and that is what makes his joke funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What letter is wet? A:The letter C ! Rosey: You see, the letter “c” sounds just like the word “sea” which is another word for the ocean. So, the “C” is wet. See!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why would a spider be a good baseball player? A: Because it is good at catching flies! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: Spiders catch flies in their webs; flies (fly- singular) are small insects with wings. When spiders build spiderwebs the flies get stuck in them and the spiders eat them. When a baseball player hits a baseball and it goes up in the air to the outfield we say, “the baseball player has hit a fly ball,” that is, the player hit the ball and it flew through the air. The outfielders, the players standing far away from the batter, are waiting to catch the fly balls that have been hit. An outfielder who is good at this is good at catching flies… just like a spider.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Where do football players go before the big game? A: To the Toilet Bowl! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: If someone says, “I gotta go!” that person means, “I have to go to the bathroom.” Imagine someone saying that while squeezing their legs together. Football championship games are called bowl games, think The Super Bowl, The Rose Bowl, … The part of a toilet where one leaves waste is the toilet bowl, the part you see filled with water. This joke is funny because it combines the ideas of going to the bathroom with a bowl game. 11 year olds might love this joke!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What do elves learn in school? A: The elf-abet! Rosey: One elf (singular), two elves (plural). Elves are mythological beings found in stories like The Hobbit or found at the north pole working for Santa Claus. The alphabet is learned by school children in all English speaking schools (and other languages too!). “Elf” sounds like “alf” or “alph,” the first part of the word alphabet. This joke is funny because it plays on the sounds in elf and alph.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: What do you call a wet fruit? A: A watermelon! Rosey: “Wet” is something that is liquid or has liquid on or in it. For example, a towel gets wet when you use it to soak up water; the street gets wet when it rains. Water is wet because it is a liquid. A watermelon isn’t really wet on the outside (unless it has been rained on or washed) but it does have lots of liquid on the inside. So a wet fruit, is a watermelon. Mmmm!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why do we put candles on top of a birthday cake? A: Because it’s too hard to put them on the bottom! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: Well, this is funny because the listener is expecting a real explanation that has to do with adding candles to a cake, perhaps even explaining why we have cake for birthdays. But that is not the answer that the listener hears. The answer is just an obviously funny one! Candles on the bottom of a cake!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why did John jump up and down before drinking his juice? A: The box said, “Shake well before drinking!” Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. Johnny was sooooooo confused! When the box says, “Shake well before drinking” it is talking about the box, not the boy who is drinking the juice! Shake the box, Johnny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What kind of balls don’t bounce? A:Eye balls! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. Bounce is the way a ball goes up and down when thrown to the floor. Tennis balls bounce. Basketballs bounce. Eyeballs… don’t bounce. It would hurt too much if they did!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Who keeps the ocean clean? A:The mermaid! Rosey: A mermaid is a mythological creature who is part woman, part fish. A “maid” is a person who cleans a house or a hotel. This joke plays on the meaning of the word “maid.” Does a mer-maid do windows?
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: How did the farmer mend his pants? A: With cabbage patches! Rosey: To mend a pair of pants, such as jeans, is to fix them. If there is a hole in the knee you will need to patch the hole with a patch. Yes, “patch” can be used as a verb and a noun. “Patch” also means a small area of land that is planted with a the same type of vegetable such as cabbage: a cabbage patch. This joke plays on the multiple meanings of the word “patch.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Why was the king only a foot tall? A: Because he was a ruler! Rosey: A ruler is one who rules, that is, one who is in charge like a king or a president. A ruler is also a stick used for measuring items. In this case a ruler is 12 inches long, a foot long. This joke plays on the double meaning of the work ruler. This joke really measures up!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Why did the lettuce win the race? A:He was a head! Rosey: Lettuce is a green, leafy vegetable like in the picture. When you buy lettuce you buy “a head” of lettuce. The person who wins a race finishes first, that is, the person is ahead of the other. This joke plays on the difference between “ahead” and “a head.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What did the mommy rope say to the baby rope? A: “Don’t be knotty!” Why is this joke funny? Rosey: When you tie a rope you make a knot. To behave badly is to be naughty (naw- tee); it is a word that is used with small children. “Knotty” sounds like “naughty” and “naughty” is a word that a mommy might use with her child, like in the joke! Be good; don’t be naughty!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: What is a whale’s favorite game? A: Swallow the leader! Rosey: Whales are known for eating lots and lots of fish and krill; that is, they swallow them. “Follow the Leader” is a well known children’s game where one personis the leader and the other children have to follow the leader, doing and going where the leader goes. This joke plays on the rhyming words follow and swallow.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: How is a baseball team similar to a pancake? A: They both need a good batter! Rosey: The word “batter” can refer to the person on a baseball team who has the bat and is hitting the ball. The word “batter” can also mean the thick liquid that a cook uses to make pancakes. The batter is poured onto the griddle; the cooked batter is called a pancake. This joke plays on the double meaning of the word “batter.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What goes up and down but does not move? A: Stairs! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. You walk up the stairs and down the stairs. We say “the stairs go up to the next floor” or “the stairs go down to the basement.” That is, the stairs “go” but they do not move! Ha!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Why do bicycles fall over? A: Because they are two-tired! Rosey: Bicycles have two tires, that is, they have two wheels. If a car is four-tired (has 4 tires) then you could say a bike is two-tired (has two tires), although no one would actually say that- except in a joke. This joke plays on the words “too tired.” If you are very tired, too tired, you have no energy. Maybe you would fall over like the two-tired (too tired) bike!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What language does a billboard speak? A: Sign language! Rosey: A billboard is one of those really big advertisements found along roads and on top of buildings; a billboard is a type of sign. This joke plays on the word “sign” which can mean a public, printed announcement that is usually large (like a street sign, a stop sign, a road sign, the name of a store on its facade, …) or it can be the first part of “sign language.” Sign language is a language used by hearing impaired people to communicate. So a billboard (a sign) speaks sign language because it is a sign!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: What would we get if we threw all the books in the ocean? A: A title wave! Rosey: A tidal wave is produced by the daily tides, which are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun (officially, it is not a tsunami). Books have titles. The words “title wave” sound very much like “tidal wave.” Read all about it!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What do you call a sleeping bull? A: A bull-dozer. Rosey: “To doze” is to sleep, but just for a little bit of time. A bulldozer is a machine that moves dirt. So, a sleeping bull is a bull that dozes or a bull-dozer which sounds like bulldozer!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: How do you make a hot dog stand? A: Take away its chair! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: You know what a hot dog is, right? A “hot dog stand” is a small place that sells hot dogs (see picture). This joke plays on the word stand which is also the opposite of sit. If you take away someone’s chair that person has to stand… just like the hot dog in this joke!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What do you call a fish with no eye? A: Fsh! Rosey: When you hear this joke you are thinking about a fish with no eye, perhaps a blind fish. What makes this joke funny is that the answer is the sound “fsh” because there is no longer an “i” in the word fish. Ha!!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Why did the girl spread peanut butter on the road? A: To go with the traffic jam! Rosey: Peanut butter and jelly is a common type of sandwich in the United States. Jam and jelly are synonyms (they are not identical but very much the same). A traffic jam is when there are so many cars in one place that the cars are stopped (or moving very slowly). This joke plays with the word jam- the kind that goes with peanut butter and the kind that stops traffic. Ha ha ha!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? A: Nacho cheese! Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. Nacho cheese is a form of processed cheese sauce mixed with peppers and other spices. It is used to make Nachos, a snack made with tortilla chips and there are many ways to make them. When you say “Nacho” it sounds like “not your.” So, if it’s “Nacho cheese,” that sounds like “not your cheese;” cheese which isn’t yours! Try some nachos; they’re great!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: Where do generals keep their armies? A: In their sleevies! Rosey: A general is the leader of an army (singular), so, generals are the leaders of armies (plural). When you put on a shirt your arm goes into the sleeve of the shirt. Often times in English, to make something small you put the “ee” sound on the end- cute becomes cutie, bird become birdie. In this joke arm becomes arm-ee so it goes into your sleeve-ee.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: Why did the invisible man turn down a job offer? A: He just couldn’t see himself doing it! Rosey: The invisible man is a book by H. G. Wells and also a movie. If you are invisible no one can see you. This joke plays on the phrase, “I can’t see myself doing…” which means you can’t imagine doing something, such as taking a job. What is something you can’t see yourself doing?
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: Why did the computer keep sneezing? A: It had a virus! Rosey: When someone is sick that person may sneeze. A virus is a really small thing, smaller than a cell in your body, that can make you sick. So, a virus can make you sneeze. A virus is also the name of a computer program that does something bad to your computer (or uses your computer in a way that you do not want it to). This joke is funny because it uses the word “virus” in two different ways. Wash your hands!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What do you get when you plant kisses? A: Two lips. Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. You use your lips to kiss someone, that is, you use two lips: your upper lip (the one below your nose) and your lower lip (the one above your chin). The expression “plant a kiss” means to kiss someone deliberately. There is a flower called a tulip (sounds the same as two lip) which is typically planted in the fall and blooms in the spring. This joke plays on the sounds of “two lips” and “tulips.” Happy almost Valentine’s Day!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: What would you get if you crossed February 2 with a puppy? Ground-dog Day! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: All three of these jokes play with sounds: “roundhog” sounds like groundhog; “ground frog” sounds like groundhog; “ground- Dog” sounds like groundhog. And a puppy is a baby dog.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: What’s a tornado’s favorite game? A: Twister! Rosey: “Twister” is a synonym of tornado; they mean the same thing. Twister is also a game that has been around for a long time. This joke plays on the double meaning of the word Twister: another name for a tornado and a game. Click on the link to see people playing Twister.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: The turtle took two chocolates to Texas to teach Thomas to tie his boots. How many Ts in that? A: There are 2 Ts in “That“! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: The question confuses the listener by having a sentence with so many of the letter “T”. While you are distracted trying to count Ts, the real question comes- How many Ts in “That”? Well, in the word “that” there are only 2 Ts: one at the beginning and one at the end. Got ya!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why did the music teacher need a ladder? A: To reach the high notes. Why is this joke funny? Rosey: Ahh, yes! The high notes! When one goes up, like in an airplane or up a ladder, one is going up higher. The child cannot reach the cookies because they are up high. High notes are the ones more to the right on a piano; in science the larger the Hz the higher the note. But high notes are not up high; that’s why this joke is funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q: What gets wetter the more it dries? A: A towel! Rosey: A towel is used to dry something like a plate or your hands. As the towel dries your hands the towel, which was dry, becomes wet. It is not the towel that is becoming dry, it is your hands that are becoming dry. This joke is funny because it plays on the opposites of wet and dry. How could something get wet as it dries?
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Knock, knock! Who’s There? Ash. Ash who? Bless you! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: Ash who? Sounds like “Achoo!” “Achoo” is how the sound of a sneeze is written in English in the United States. So when the asker asks “Ash who?” it sounds like Achoo! And if someone sneezes you say “Bless you!”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Why did Cinderella get kicked off the soccer team? A: Because she ran away from the ball! Rosey: Cinderella went to that fancy dance party in her fancy dress. That fancy dance party is called “a ball.” So is the sphere that soccer players kick- a ball. This joke plays on the word “ball.” And soccer players can’t run away from the ball!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: What did the 0 say to the 8? A: Nice belt! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: The number zero sees an eight and thinks it is just like me, a zero, so it must have a belt. Numbers thinking crazy thoughts!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: Why was 6 afraid of 7? A: Because 7, 8, 9! Rosey: If you read the numbers is sounds like seven-eight (ate)-nine. And if I were 6, I, too, would be afraid of seven if it is eating other numbers, such as nine! Seven ate the nine!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: Why did the child study in the airplane? A: He wanted a higher education! Why is this joke funny? Rosey: Higher education: that means studies beyond high school such as going to the university. Higher education does not refer to altitude, like studying while high in the sky; that’s why it’s funny.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? A. Frostbite. Why is this joke funny? Rosey: This is a common type of joke that is funny because you cross (combine) one thing with another (usually two things that do not go together). In this case a snowman (like Frosty the Snowman?) with a vampire (that bites people). Funny! Click this link to learn more about Frostbite. Frost is the ice that is formed on the ground when the temperature goes below freezing.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q. What did the grape do when it got stepped on? A. It let out a little wine! Rosey: Wine is made from grapes. Traditionally (that is, a long time ago), grapes were “pressed” by stepping them ( did you see the scene in A Walk in the Clouds?) to get the juice out. “Whine,” which sounds the same as “wine,” means to complain a little bit about something. A child might whine about having to eat something he or she doesn’t like; you might whine if someone stepped on you, kind of like the grapes in the joke.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? A. They don’t have the guts. Rosey: To “have guts” is to be brave. If you “don’t have the guts” to do something it means you are scared to do it. “Guts” are your innards, your internal organs (heart, lung, liver, …). This joke plays on the idea that skeletons don’t have guts (they are nothing but bones so they have no internal organs), or are they scared. The double meaning of the word “guts” makes this joke funny.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Q: What did the water say to the boat? A: Nothing, it just waved. Rosey: “Wave” is what you do when you move your hand as if saying hello. “Wave” is also the name for a way the top of the water moves: the raised part of the water that moves toward the shore is a wave. This joke plays on the word “wave” and is funny because the water waves (as if saying hello) while the water has waves (the raised part of the water).
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Why is this joke funny? Q. Why do sea-gulls fly over the sea? A. Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels! Rosey: This joke plays on the words seagull (a bird) and bagel (a round bread shaped like a donut). There is no such thing as a bay gull but there is a bagel and both sound the same- that’s why it is funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: What is black and white and red all over? A: A newspaper! Rosey: This joke plays on the word red/ read. “Red” is a color, like black and white. “Read”(pronounced “red”) is the past tense of read (every day I read, yesterday I read). When your brain hears red after hearing black and white it assumes that the speaker is talking about colors. In this case the speaker is talking about the past tense verb read. A newspaper is black because of the ink and white because of the paper. It is read all over because you can read it anywhere in the world. Funny!
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: Why was the broom late? A: It over swept! Rosey: Brooms are for sweeping; one reason that people are late is because they over sleep. “Sleep” in the past tense is “slept” (everyday I sleep, yesterday I slept). “Slept” rhymes with swept (swept is sweep in the past tense- everyday I sweep, yesterday I swept). This joke is funny because the expected answer is “It over slept” not its rhyme, “It over swept.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q: How does a Snowman get to work? A: By icicle. Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. Take a look at the answer- by icicle. If you say the two words quickly you get the word bicycle. An icicle is ice that is formed by dripping water, like ice that hangs off a roof in the winter. Again, here the funny part is playing with the words “by icicle” and “bicycle.”
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Explain this joke: Q: Where does a snowman keep his money? A: In a snow bank. Rosey: This joke plays on the word “bank”. A bank is a place where people keep their money; a snowbank is a pile of snow (which is not a good place to keep money!).
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q.What runs around a soccer field but doesn’t move? A:A fence Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. This joke plays on the word “runs”: A person runs; a fence runs around, that is, goes around, an area like a soccer field.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: I'm going to give you a joke. After I give you the joke, please explain it: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Lettuce in and you’ll find out! Rosey: Knock-knock jokes play with words: words that sound the same but are different or words that have more than one meaning. In this joke the jokester is playing with the words “let us” and “lettuce.” It is funny because the listener assumes the word is lettuce.
{'source': 'unified_joke_explanations'}	<human>: Q:Why did the chicken cross the road? A:To get to the other side. Explain this joke. Rosey: I'll try my best. The answer to this joke (“To get to the other side”) is so obvious, something everyone knows, that it is funny because it is silly, perhaps even stupid. Why else would you cross a road except to get to the other side?
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Please show me the solution for: Luke started working on a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. The first day he worked on it, he put together 10% of the pieces. On the second day, he put together another 20% of the remaining pieces from the first day. On the third day, he put together 30% of the remaining pieces from the previous day. How many pieces does he have left to complete after the third day? <bot>: Luke started putting together, 1000 x 0.1 = 100 pieces. The next day, there were 1000-100 = 900 pieces left. Then he put together 900 * 0.2 = 180 pieces on the second day. So there were 900 - 180 = 720 pieces left. On the third day, he put together 720 * 0.3 = 216 pieces. Therefore, Luke still has 720 - 216 = 504 pieces left to complete the puzzle.
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Solve the following math problem: The age difference between Asaf and Alexander's age is half the total number of pencils Asaf has. The sum of their ages is 140, and Asaf is 50 years old. If Alexander has 60 more pencils than Asaf, calculate the total number of pencils they have together. <bot>: If the sum of their ages is 140, and Asaf is 50 years old, Alexander is 140-50 = 90 years old. The age difference between Asaf and Alexander's age is 90-50 = 40 Since the age difference between Asaf and Alexander's age is half the total number of pencils Asaf has, Asaf has 2*40 = 80 pencils. If Alexander has 60 more pencils than Asaf, Alexander has 80+60= 140 pencils. Together, they have 140 + 80 = 220 pencils
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Can you break down the solution for me for this math problem: In Everlee's family, there are two adults and four children. In a cookie jar, there are a total of 120 cookies. If the adults eat 1/3 of the cookies and then gives the rest to the children to divide equally, how many cookies does each child get? <bot>: The adults ate 1/3*120 = 40 cookies. The remaining number of cookies is 120-40 = 80 cookies. If the children divided the cookies equally, each child got 80/4 = 20 cookies
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: I need help with this problem: Sofia went to the department store to buy a pair of shoes and 2 shirts. A shirt costs $7 while a pair of shoes is $3 more than the shirt. If she decides to buy a bag which costs half the total price of the 2 shirts and a pair of shoes, how much will she pay for all those items? <bot>: Two shirts costs $7 x 2 = $14. The cost of a pair of shoes is $7 + $3 = $10. The total cost of two shirts a pair of shoes is $14 + $10 = $24. The cost of a bag is $24 / 2 = $12. So, Sofia paid a total of $14 + $10 + $12 = $36.
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Can you give me some step-by-step instructions for this math problem: If the normal hours of operation of Jean's business are 4 pm to 10p every day Monday through Friday, and from 6 pm to 10 pm on weekends, how many hours is the business open in a week? <bot>: First, we find the number of hours per weekday by subtracting the smaller number time from the larger one, finding 10-4= 6 hours per weekday. As there are 5 weekdays, this means the business is open 65=30 hours a week on the weekdays. Then we find out the amount of time the business is open on a weekend day, using the same process as we did with the weekdays, finding Jean's business is open 10-6= 4 hours each weekend day. Since there are two weekend days, this means they are open 42=8 hours on the weekends. We add these two totals together to find that 30+8= 38 hours per week.
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Russell orders his favorite bagels online. Each pack of bagels costs $10.00 and has 9 bagels in the pack. If he orders 4 packs of bagels, he will receive a 10% discount. After ordering 4 bags, how much will each single bagel cost? <bot>: He orders 4 packs of bagels and each pack costs $10.00 so that's 410 = $40.00 He orders 4 packs at $40.00 and receives a 10% discount so his discount is 40.10 = $4.00 The bagels cost $40.00 and he has a $4.00 discount making his total 40-4 = $36.00 Each pack of bagels has 9 bagels per pack and he orders 4 packs so that's 9*4 = 36 bagels His order total was $36.00 and there are 36 bagels so each bagel costs 36/36 = $1.00
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Mabel planted 4 tomato plants. One tomato plant bore 8 tomatoes and another bore 4 more tomatoes than the first. The two remaining plants each bore three times the number of tomatoes as the first two plants combined. How many tomatoes does Mabel have? Find the solution. <bot>: The second tomato plant bore 8 + 4 = 12 fruit. The first two plants bore 8 + 12 = 20 fruit combined. Each of the other two plants bore 20 x 3 = 60 fruit. Mabel has 8 + 12 + 60 + 60 = 140 tomatoes
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: James writes from 1 PM to 4 PM every night. He can write 5 pages per hour. How many weeks will it take to finish his 735-page book? Give me a clear explanation. <bot>: He writes for 4-1=3 hours per day That means he writes 3*5=15 pages per day So it would take him 735/15=49 days That means it will take 49/7=7 weeks
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Dorothy, Julia, and Robert go to the store to buy school supplies. Dorothy buys half as many pens as Julia. Julia buys three times as many pens as Robert. Robert buys 4 pens. If one pen costs $1.50, how much money did the three friends spend in total on pens? Give me a detailed solution. <bot>: Julia buys 4 * 3 = 12 pens Dorothy buys 12/2 = 6 pens The total number of pens purchased is 4 + 12 + 6 = 22 pens The total cost of the pens is 22 * $1.50 = $33
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Find a solution for this math problem: Bobby has an aquarium with twice as many fish as Sarah's has. Sarah has 5 more fish in her aquarium than Tony does. Tony has 3 times as many fish in his aquarium as Billy does. Billy has 10 fish. How many fish do all 4 people have put together? <bot>: Since Tony has 3 times as many fish as Billy's 10, that means Tony has 310= 30 fish Sarah has 5 more fish than Tony's 30, meaning she has 5+30= 35 fish Bobby has twice as many fish as Sarah does, meaning he has 352=70 fish Therefore, altogether there are 10+30+35+70=145 fish
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Camden went swimming 16 times in March and Susannah went 24 times. If the number of times they went throughout the month was divided equally among 4 weeks, how many more times a week did Susannah swim than Camden? Can you solve this problem? <bot>: Camden went swimming 16/4 = 4 times a week Susannah went swimming 24/4 = 6 times a week Susannah went 6 - 4 = 2 more times a week than Camden
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Can you provide an in-depth solution for: John makes 6 dozen cookies for a bake sale. He sells each cookie for $1.5 and each cookie costs $0.25 to make. He splits the profit between two charities evenly. How much does each charity get?Hey there, could you help me solve this math problem: John makes 6 dozen cookies for a bake sale. He sells each cookie for $1.5 and each cookie costs $0.25 to make. He splits the profit between two charities evenly. How much does each charity get? <bot>: He makes 612=72 cookies Each cookie makes a profit of $1.5 - $0.25=$1.25 So he makes a profit of 72$1.25=$90 That means each charity gets $90/2=$45
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Please show me the solution for: Martin is organizing a party, and he invited many of his colleagues. He invited 5 people from his hometown and twice as many people from his school. Martin invited also as many people from his sports club as the sum of people invited from his hometown and his school. The remaining invitations represent 20% of the total previously mentioned. How many people can potentially come to the party Martin is organizing? <bot>: Martin invited 5 * 2 = 10 people from his school. People from the sports club got 5 + 10 = 15 invitations. So in total from the sports club, hometown and school, Martin invited 5 + 10 + 15 = 30 people. All other invitations are 20% of the previous total, which means 20/100 * 30 = 6. That means Martin invited to his party 30 + 6 = 36 people.
{'source': 'unified_grade_school_math_instructions'}	<human>: Wild Bill can shoot a pistol while riding his horse at full speed. His horse runs at 20 feet per second, and a bullet fired from his gun flies at a speed of 400 feet per second. But if he fires a gun while riding his horse, and the gun is aimed in the same direction that the horse is running, how much faster, in feet per second, is the bullet flying than if he fires the bullet in the opposite direction of what the horse was running? Solve this problem. <bot>: If he fires a bullet in the same direction as the direction that the horse is running, the total speed of the bullet is the sum of the speed the bullet was propelled out of the gun plus the speed of the horse, for a combined speed of 400+20=420 feet per second. If he fires a bullet in the opposite direction as the direction in which the horse is running, then the total speed of the bullet is the speed the bullet was propelled out of the gun minus the speed of the horse, for a resulting speed of 400-20=380 feet per second. Thus, when firing the gun in the same direction as the horse is running, the bullet moves at 420-380=40 feet per second faster than when he fires the bullet in the opposite direction as what the horse is running.

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