Blue Love

There once was a boy on a playground.  He passed by two girls talking, and he stopped and asked them "Is what I thought you said what you really said?"

One of the girls said to him, "Well, what did you think we said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

Well of course the girls were both offended and shocked, and they ran and fetched the playground teacher.

Sure that she could sort out the situation, the playground teacher approached the boy and said, "Okay, okay, what happened?"

And the boy said, "Well, I was walking along, and I passed by these two girls, and I asked them if what I thought they said was what they really said. They got mad and told you, and now I'm here."

And the playground teacher asked him, "Well, what did you think they said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

Well, the playground teacher turned bright red and got very angry and sent the boy straight to the principal's office, where he waited for a very long time.

After what seemed like ages, the principal came in and said, "Well, young man, tell me what happened."

And the boy said, "Well, I was walking along, and I passed by these two girls, and I asked them if what I thought they said was what they really said.They got mad and told the playground teacher, and the playground teacher sent me here."

And the principal asked him, "Well, what did you think they said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

Well, the principal started to growl and said something about "kids these days" and "only five more years till I retire" and got very angry at the boy and sent him home early from school, without even one of the maple bars that the cafeteria was serving with lunch.

The boy's mother was very surprised when he arrived home from school early, and she asked him what happened.  She was going to call the principal and tell him a thing or two, but she wanted to get the story straight first.

And the boy said, "Well, I was walking along, and I passed by these two girls, and I asked them if what I thought they said was what they really said.They got mad and told the playground teacher, and the playground teacher sent me to the principal's office, and the principal sent me home, and now I'm here."

And his mother asked him, "Well, what did you think they said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

Well, as I'm sure you'll understand, the boy's mother was very upset, and she sent him to his room without any dinner, shouting at him as he went, "You just wait until your father gets home!"

After a long while the boy's father got home, and there was knock at the boy's door, and his dad came in and sat on the edge of the bed.

"What happened, son? " he asked.

And the boy said, "Well, I was walking along, and I passed by these two girls, and I asked them if what I thought they said was what they really said. They got mad and told the playground teacher, and the playground teacher sent me to the principal's office, and the principal sent me home, mom sent me to my room, and now I'm here."

And the boy's father asked him, "Well, what did you think they said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

Although the boy's father was generally very mild-mannered, he grew very angry and kicked his son out and told him not to come back for a very long time.

So the boy was sitting on the front porch the next morning when the milk man came by to drop of milk and cream.  Feeling sorry for the boy, the milk man gave him a chocolate milk and asked him what happened.

And the boy said, "Well, I was walking along, and I passed by these two girls, and I asked them if what I thought they said was what they really said. They got mad and told the playground teacher, and the playground teacher sent me to the principal's office, and the principal sent me home, mom sent me to my room, and my dad kicked me out, and now I'm here."

And the milk man asked him, "Well, what did you think they said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

The milk man was so shocked, he snatched the half-full chocolate milk from the boy and shouted at him very angrily.  "What kind of hoodlum are you?!" And he took the boy to court.

When the boy was in court, the judge was very surprised that such a young boy was being tried, so he asked him what happened.

And the boy said, "Well, I was walking along, and I passed by these two girls, and I asked them if what I thought they said was what they really said. They got mad and told the playground teacher, and the playground teacher sent me to the principal's office, and the principal sent me home, mom sent me to my room, and my dad kicked me out, and the milk man took me to court, and now I'm here."

And the judge asked him, "Well, what did you think they said?"

And the boy said, "Blue love."

Well the judge had had a rough day of it, it was election year, and he had vowed to crack down on hoodlum kids like this one, so he sentenced the boy to twenty-five years in prison.

On the second to last day of the boy's twenty-five year sentence, he was sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch.

"What are you in for?" asked the man sitting next to him.

"To tell you the truth," said the boy, "I'm not quite sure."

"Let me guess," said the man, "It was 'blue love,' right?"

"How did you know?!" the boy cried.  "I've spent my whole life in prison just for saying those two words, and I don't even know what they mean.

"When do you get out?" asked the man.

"I get out tomorrow, the boy said excitedly.

"Me too. Meet me on the corner of 5th and Fox, and I'll tell you what blue love means."

Needless to say, it was very difficult for the boy to sleep that night. He would finally discover the meaning of the two words that had imprisoned him for over half his life.

The next day, he got his new out fit and a brand new twenty-dollar bill and made his way to the agreed upon location.  As he came closer, he saw them man across the street, waving at him.  He began to cross, eager to find out about blue love, but as he stepped into the street, and semi hit him, and he died.

Moral of the story: Look both ways before crossing the street.

Comments

[Katie-Beth]

Ha. I remembe this joke.

[L]

Stories with morals discourage me...

[anonymous]

I still want to know what blue love. or is it something made up. i'm not very good at understanding stories.

[Darcy]

Dear Anonymous,

If you are too shy to post your name, at the very least you should capitalize Anonymous, then we can feel like there is a real person making the comment.

I too have always wondered what "blue love" is, but the joke never tells you. I am assuming this means that it can be whatever you want it to be. But, if you ask the girls, the playground teacher, the principal, the boy's mom and dad, the milk man, and the judge, they will probably tell you that it is something very offensive. :)