Brass Monkey

Our friends told me this one. Their daughter, lets call her "Darlene", just turned six. She is my oldest daughter's best friend, "In the whole wide world!" (exaggerated high-pitch voice needed to accompany to get the full effect).

It was getting close to her birthday, and the family was singing the version of "Happy Birthday" that I enjoyed most at that age.

"...You look like a mon-key...... And smell like one too!"

They had a bout of laughter before "Darlene" who is very shy and hates to be laughed at, pulled her father to the side and asked in an elf-like whisper, "Daddy, what is a 'one too'?"