English jokes with shorter translations

Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.

"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"

"Yes," " said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"

The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures."

Where is father?

The brothers were looking at some beautiful oil paintings.

"Look," said the elder brother, "how beautiful these paintings are!"

"Yes," said the younger brother, "but in all these paintings there are only mothers and children. "Where is dad?"

My brother thought for a while and then explained: "Obviously, he was painting these paintings at the time."