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<\/p>\nSix-year-old Callaghan McLaughlin has a new routine. Every day, he wakes up early, eats breakfast, gets his schoolwork done — and then sets up his joke stand outside.<\/p>\n
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His goal: To spread joy and laughter to his neighbors, without violating any social distancing rules.<\/p>\n
“I know about 13 or 14 jokes,” Callaghan, who is from Saanich, British Columbia, told CNN<\/p>\n
Usually, Callaghan operates a lemonade stand around this time of year — but because of the pandemic, his mom chose a safer alternative.<\/p>\n
“I had to think of something that was going to be contactless and cashless, but also had the same sort of community spirit and social aspect that a lemonade stand has,” Kelsea McLaughlin, Callaghan’s mom, told CNN.<\/p>\n
The young comedian is at his joke stand by 9:30 a.m. each morning, and stays put for about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
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He goes back to do a matinee show in the afternoon,” Kelsea McLaughlin said with a laugh.<\/p>\n
The young McLaughlin gets most of his witticisms from a kid’s joke book, called “Laugh Out Loud Jokes For Kids” by Rob Elliott.<\/p>\n
“What do you call a bear without any teeth?” Callaghan quipped. “A gummy bear!”<\/p>\n
But, he’s picked up even more jokes from the people who stop by.<\/p>\n
“He usually has a pretty high success rate of a joke returned,” Kelsea McLaughlin said. “He has learned a whole new repertoire.”<\/p>\n
The family’s home on Vancouver Island is close to Canada’s Pacific shore, so there are plenty of beachgoers walking around — while practicing social distancing — to stop and hear a joke.<\/p>\n
“People can usually see him before they get to the driveway,” Kelsea McLaughlin explained.<\/p>\n
Most of the people in Mclaughlin’s neighborhood are elderly.<\/p>\n
“I think it helps them to feel a little more connected, because they’re one of our more isolated community groups,” Kelsea McLaughlin added.<\/p>\n
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And even though Callaghan’s jokes are a hit, he said he thinks the funniest person in the neighborhood is his dad.<\/p>\n
Still, it’s the junior McLaughlin who is headlining in the driveway.<\/p>\n
“It does bring a smile to people’s face,” Kelsea McLaughlin said. “It kind of reminds them of pre-pandemic times and kind of doing something fun.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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