Man,

Whenever I tell a joke to my mom, it goes one of the two different ways, and ALWAYS ends up as a lecture.

First way: she laughs, then she lectures about why it's funny, and then she somehow connects that with real life situations and then tells me a completely different story and lectures about that joke.

Second way: I get yelled at because it wasn't funny and then she lectures about why it isn't funny, and then she tells me a story that somehow connects to the joke, continuing her lecture.

Sigh. Too much lecturing and work. Might as well not tell her jokes at all.