This is an original by “Ralph D. Jeffords” who says, “I really enjoy your shaggy dog archive. My dad taught me an appreciation for this form of humor as a kid growing up, and we both still enjoy these groaners. Here is one to add to your collection (the part about the Tockey relatives is actually true).

I have recently caught the genealogy bug, and in my investigations I have discovered that I am distantly related to a bunch with the surname Tockey: to be more precise my father’s mother’s older sister’s eldest daughter married a Tockey. Within that clan, there is much anticipation as each new baby grows up. It is always a special day when a rug rat in this family becomes a toddler. On this momentous occasion the child becomes a “Walkie Tockey!”