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Split your sides! Hahaha! Illustrations by our ACE cartoonist, GRANT BROWN What does a monster eat after he's been to the dentist? The dentist – THOMAS ARSCOTT, 9, St Patrick's School, Christchurch What did the high chair say to the low chair? Cheer up – DANIEL HASKELL, 11, Fairfield Intermediate School, Hamilton What's another name for a snail? A booger in a crash helmet – LEVI EPSOM, 10, Red Beach School, Auckland 14 to win! What did one volcano say to the other volcano? Do you lava me like I lava you? – XANDER BURNS, 6, Elmwood Normal School, Christchurch Big Foot 5 – really big. This is the largest monster truck in the world. Big Foot 5 is 4.7 metres tall, with 3-metre tall tyres and weighs 17,236 kilograms. It was made by a guy called Bob Chandler, who lives in Missouri in the United States. Stink to be the person whose job it is to wash that vehicle! What is a fruit's favourite lesson? History... because it's full of dates – TITAN WATENE, 6, Petone Central School, Lower Hutt Growth spurts! Your eyes are the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing. In Turkey, there's a competition every year for the longest nose – a guy called Mehmet Ozyurek is the current champion. His nose is 3.5 inches long, nearly 9cm! When is it bad luck to have a black cat follow you? When you're a mouse – ADELLE BALLANTYNE, 6, Kumeroa-Hopelands School, Woodville 6 to win! WIN! Top Trumps WAR card game: Top Trumps: Send us your joke and if it's published, you'll go in the draw to WIN one of the Top Trumps packs! To enter, attach your joke to the entry coupon on page 60 and send it in OR submit at the Upstart Friendship Club, www.upstartmag.co.nz. Entries close 31 March 2012. 58 February / March 2012 ch 2012 our brain anticipates the tickle before we do it, and it's the surprise and panic that makes us laugh hysterically when others tickle us. Go on, try it! Ticklish? SHOUT OUT to everyone at Fairfield Intermediate School in Hamilton! – DANIEL HASKELL, 11 Dying man: Doctor, doctor – I'm going to die in 60 seconds! Doctor: Now, just wait a minute! – CHRISTIAN LEAPER, 10, Enner Glynn School, Richmond Why did the apple tree cry? Because people were always picking on him – JACOB SCHWEIKL 9, St Patrick's School, Christchurch Which vegetable is always in fights? A black-eyed pea – AIDAN RUTHORFORD , 8, Cotswold School, Christchurch Ever wonder why you can't tickle yourself? It's because Marvel Ultimate Her Phineas & Ferb oes