Do you get this riddle?

[senseandsensibility]

I heard Ari Melber say it to the Australian economist with the blond curly hair that some DUers are familiar with. Anyway, I didn't get it.

Why can't you trust kangaroos with the economy?
Their checks always bounce.

Please explain if you get it.

[D. Spaulding]

1. I don't think it's a riddle, rather

a cute joke. Referring to the way kangaroos get around, is what I would guess, since bouncing is their primary locomotion.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Okay, better than anything I could come up with

Guess I was trying to read too much into it.

[HelpImSurrounded]

3. Are you young enough that

You don't know what a "bounced check" is?

[senseandsensibility]

6. I know what a bounced check is

but unless there's some kind of off color slang meaning I'm not aware of, I just don't get the "joke." Explain it to me like I'm five.

[HelpImSurrounded]

12. You have to think like a 5 year old.

Kangaroos bounce. It's what they do. So their checks bounce.

It's that simple. Not really funny unless you're five.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. loved it as a pun. serious pun lover here . also shared it with a friend who had 25 years

experiance with accounts receiveable . me a accounting student here .

[hlthe2b]

5. Kangaroos... bouncing... Just that, I think.

Not really so clever, but a try, I guess.

[rsdsharp]

7. It's Ari Melber. He thinks he's funny, and isn't.

[Donkees]

8. Kangaroo ''Pouch Checking'' is also a term used by their caretakers and by roadside rescuers

checking their pouches for live babies in an injured or dead kangaroo.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Seems Pretty Clear To Me

Kangaroos bounce. People who can jump high are described as having "bounce".
As you said above, I think you read more into it than needed.

[brush]

10. Here's an old, related quip. Kangeroos can not be led, but can be guided by their tales.

[BootinUp]

11. Prefer qualified people to run the Fed that have an impeccable record of non-political public service?