Facetiousizing

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When you act like you're being funny but you're just trying to avoid doing real work

'I'm gonna facetiousize this whole meeting,' he said, while eating a bag of chips.

'She facetiousized the entire project just to skip the presentation.'

'He facetiousized his homework by drawing a cat on every question.'

When you ask a question just to make people laugh, even though you know the answer is going to be stupid

'Why did the chicken cross the road?' he asked, knowing the answer was 'to get to the other side.'

'What's the worst part of being a teacher?' I asked, expecting the worst.'

'Why is the sky blue?' she asked, already knowing the answer was 'because it is.'