Pint-Sized Punch Lines

* Why did the soldiers salute the refrigerator? It was a General Electric. (Jason Luong, 11, Los Angeles, St. Thomas Aquinas School)

* Why did the moose go in the freezer? He wanted to be a chocolate moose. (Camille Medina, 8, Santa Ana, St. Anne School)

* Why did the lady put lipstick on her head? She wanted to make up her mind. (Kyle Tucker, 6, Greeley, Colo., Monfort Elementary)

* Why didn’t the car like the service station? It gave him gas. (Dylan James Metzger, 9, Pacific Palisades, St. Matthews School)

* What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? Time to get a new fence. (Ilana Ruth Bevan, 6, Oxnard, Brooktree Academy)

* On what country can you put your dinner? China. (Melissa Wong, 8, El Monte, Cogswell School)

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