There was this great architect, he was so good, that he didn't have any thing left after he had finished a project. No nails, or paint, or mortar, or tile, or brick, nothing. So, he was walking around his latest creation, and he saw a brick, laying on the ground. He became so enraged that he grabbed it and threw up in the air. That's the end of the first half. Tell the first half at breakfast, and the second at lunch or dinner. Or you could tell it all at once, most people guess incorrectly when you tell the whole thing in one block.
Second half: There was this lady, with her pet monkey, on a plane. This monkey was her life long friend and she just couldn't put it in a cage and stick it in the cargo hold. There also was a man sitting next to her smoking. The lady turned to the man and said, "Sir, could you put out your cigar, it's disturbing my monkey." The man bluntly replied, "No." The lady sat for a minute, thinking and said, "Sir, if you don't put out your cigar, I'll throw it out the window." The man replied, "If you throw my cigar out the window I'll throw your monkey out the window." The lady sat in thought again, and thought, "Nobody could be that cruel, to kill an innocent animal." So, the lady grabbed the cigar, and threw it out the window. The man turned and grabbed the monkey, and threw it out the window. The lady became depressed, that was her pet monkey, her companion, her friend! Well the plane landed, and the lady came off the plane crying. She looked over at the wing of the plane, and there was the monkey! What was the monkey holding?
The brick.

Second half: There was this lady, with her pet monkey, on a plane. This monkey was her life long friend and she just couldn't put it in a cage and stick it in the cargo hold. There also was a man sitting next to her smoking. The lady turned to the man and said, "Sir, could you put out your cigar, it's disturbing my monkey." The man bluntly replied, "No." The lady sat for a minute, thinking and said, "Sir, if you don't put out your cigar, I'll throw it out the window." The man replied, "If you throw my cigar out the window I'll throw your monkey out the window." The lady sat in thought again, and thought, "Nobody could be that cruel, to kill an innocent animal." So, the lady grabbed the cigar, and threw it out the window. The man turned and grabbed the monkey, and threw it out the window. The lady became depressed, that was her pet monkey, her companion, her friend! Well the plane landed, and the lady came off the plane crying. She looked over at the wing of the plane, and there was the monkey! What was the monkey holding?
The brick.