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Yo Mama Jokes
When I was a kid, I used to love telling yo mama jokes. I can still remember some of the best jokes from the time. One of my favorite ones was “your mama is so old that when someone told her to act her age, she dropped dead,” but there are many other good ones as well. Of course, now that I am a teacher, I have a different relationship to the classic yo mama joke. Nowadays, it is my responsibility to stop kids from telling them.
It is kind of strange for me to be an authority figure. After all, back in the day I was sort of a troublemaker. Besides telling yo mama jokes, I used to play all kinds of pranks on my teachers. I was the kid with the whoopee cushion, the kid who would throw the paper airplane at the teacher's back when she had it turned to the class. I put graffiti on the walls and wrote swear words in the mad Libs. I did it all.
In some ways, that is what makes me such a good authority figure. I know when the kids are telling yo mama jokes. I can tell when they have done something that they shouldn't have done. I can tell at a glance which kid threw the paper airplane or blew a spit wad. Even if I can't prove it, I always know. And 9 times out of 10, the kids fess up.
Still, what I am off-duty as we say, I do enjoy a good yo mama joke. It is funny how yo mama jokes stick around year after year, decade after decade. I've always found it strange how some things never grow old, no matter how long they have been around for. Certain types of humor will never die, and for some reason I've always found that thought reassuring.
That is why, when I know my kids are telling yo mama jokes, I do my best to look the other way. I can't let them get away with doing something to my face, but sometimes I can give them the benefit of the doubt even when I know that they probably have done what I suspect them of doing. It is a way of letting them have their fun as long as no one is getting hurt. I don't like to see people get their feelings hurt, but I don't mind the kids being a little dirty by themselves.
Summary
Yo mama jokes have been around a long time. They should be told when it is appropriate, and not in school or at home if the parent does not enjoy the comedy. Certain times are ok to kick back and have a laugh. The trick is to not hurt anyone's feelings so everyone has a good time.
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