Apathy Sketchpad

I am writing to complain about the joke on page 41 of The Bumper Book Of Children’s Jokes. The joke reads “Why are bakers stupid? Because they sell what they knead.” As a baker of some 31 years’ standing I am sure I need (not knead!) not remind you that kneading is a process involved in breadmaking entirely unrelated to needing. It is quite wrong to suggest that bakers are stupid.

However, please do not think we bakers do not have a sense of humour! Might I suggest that a better joke for your next edition might be “Why are bakers pragmatic and sensible? Because they sell what they knead to sell.”

Yours faithfully,

Caroline Jones

Association of Bakers