Teachers: Do you give your mother that attitude?
Orphan: ...
Teachers: Do you give your mother that attitude?
Orphan: ...
Listen up, buttercup. The joke is funny 'cause the teacher is asking the orphan if they give their *mother* attitude. But the orphan doesn't *have* a mother, ya dingus! It's funny 'cause it's sad. And you, my friend, look like you just discovered that water is wet.