This historical archetype, composed by an anonymous six-year-old at some point during the 50s, has been referred to in certain quarters as a "knock-sequitur." It may also in time become recognized as one pre-Oulipian example of anticipatory plagiarism.
Knock, knock! Who's there?
Chair. Chair who?
Chair table.
(To meander from the subject at hand for a brief moment: one is left wondering what young Anon, had he or she been old enough or savvy enough to grasp how knock-knock jokes work, might have originally had in mind.
Chair-...dar Cheese?
Chair-...choslovakia?
Chair-...ries Jubilee?
Chair-...istiction?
Chair-...assic Park?
Chair-...on Osbourne?
Chair-...man Mao?
Chair-...(and Sonny)?
Chair-...okee?
Chair-...ismatic?
Chair-...ibdis (and Scylla)?
Chair-...red Kushner?
Chair-...nobyl?
Chair-...ry Lee Lewis?
Chair-...ity stripe?
Chair-...'n' chair alike?
Chair-...ubim and Seraphim?
Chair-...iff of Nottingham?
Chair-...che la femme?
Chair-...ley's Aunt?
But I digress.)
Recent examples:
(To meander from the subject at hand for a brief moment: one is left wondering what young Anon, had he or she been old enough or savvy enough to grasp how knock-knock jokes work, might have originally had in mind.
Chair-...dar Cheese?
Chair-...choslovakia?
Chair-...ries Jubilee?
Chair-...istiction?
Chair-...assic Park?
Chair-...on Osbourne?
Chair-...man Mao?
Chair-...(and Sonny)?
Chair-...okee?
Chair-...ismatic?
Chair-...ibdis (and Scylla)?
Chair-...red Kushner?
Chair-...nobyl?
Chair-...ry Lee Lewis?
Chair-...ity stripe?
Chair-...'n' chair alike?
Chair-...ubim and Seraphim?
Chair-...iff of Nottingham?
Chair-...che la femme?
Chair-...ley's Aunt?
But I digress.)
Recent examples:
Workin' hard? Or barely workin'?
Hey! This isn't rocket surgery.
