Bamboo poles, pig livers and pig ears explain why the son made this joke

Because my son heard "bamboo pole" as "pork liver", and he misheard the word with a similar sound. Later, he scolded his father, "Where are the ears?", thinking that his father knew that he had bought pig ears and hid them secretly, which made him laugh.

The short story about this joke is as follows:

Once upon a time, a father asked his son to go to the market to buy bamboo poles. The son misunderstood the bamboo poles as "pork liver". The son went to the market and bought some pig livers, and then used the extra money to secretly buy two pig ears. When he got home, the son hid the pig ears in his pocket and gave the pig liver to his father. When the father saw that his son had heard the wrong words and bought the wrong thing, his lungs exploded, so he shouted to his son and asked: "Where are the ears?" The son was shocked when he heard this. He didn't understand why his father knew that he bought pig ears? I had to take out the pig ears and give them to my father and said, "Here are the ears." My father was so angry that he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "You still have such selfish motives!" ”

Extended information

Similar homophonic jokes

Once upon a time, there was a newly appointed magistrate from Shandong. Because he wanted to cheat, he said to his master: "Go buy me two bamboo poles. "

The master heard the Shandong accent "bamboo pole" as "pork liver" and quickly agreed, hurried to the butcher shop and said to the shopkeeper: "The new county magistrate wants to buy two Pork liver, you are a sensible person, you should be aware of it! "

The shopkeeper was a smart man and understood immediately. He immediately cut off two pig livers and gave a pair of pig ears as a gift.

After leaving the butcher shop, the master thought to himself "The master asked me to buy pork liver, so of course these pig ears are mine." "So he wrapped the hunter's ears, stuffed them into his pocket, returned to the county office, and reported to the county magistrate: "I'm reporting back to you, I've bought pork liver!" "

The county magistrate saw that what the master bought was pork liver, and said angrily: "Where are your ears?" When the master heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly replied: "The ears... the ears... are there. This...is in my...my pocket! ”