Penny Dropped From A Great Height

(My dad has a tendency to tell jokes at the expense of others. My sister, being incredibly gullible and not the brightest bulb in the box, is a frequent target.)

Dad: *holding two fingers near one of my sister’s ears, looks through the other ear*  “Yup! I see two of them. Definitely two.”

Sister: “Huh? What are you talking about? I don’t get it.”

(Three days later, we’re at the dinner table, and my sister suddenly jerks completely upright.)

Sister: “Hey!” *smacks Dad’s arm* “That wasn’t funny!”

Dad: *genuinely confused, since he hadn’t said anything* “What wasn’t funny?”

Sister: “That thing, with the fingers, and looking through my ears… That wasn’t funny, Dad!”

(All of us sit there blinking for a few seconds until we realize it really had taken her that long to get it. Then we burst out laughing.)

Sister: “Stop that! It isn’t funny!”

Me: “No, it wasn’t. But it is now!”