Did you hear about the two thieves who stole a calendar? They each got six months.

Make It Land

Split the Calendar Sentence

“Six months” sounds first like the jail sentence each thief received. Because the stolen object is a twelve-month calendar and there are two thieves, the same phrase also suggests that they divided the calendar evenly. Ask the setup as though sharing a small piece of local news. Pause after “calendar,” then deliver the second sentence without stressing the number. The criminal meaning should register immediately, while the calendar arithmetic follows just behind it and completes the joke.