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A Purrfect Joke
Q: What color is a happy cat? A: Purr-ple! Explanation: Cats make two common sounds- they meow and they purr (they can also howl and screech but those sounds are not as common). Purring is that low, rumble that you can feel on … Continue reading
Brilliance
Q: Why did the teacher wear sunglasses during class? A: Because her students were so bright! Explanation: Have you ever seen a teacher wear sunglasses while teaching in a classroom? I haven’t. Most people only wear sunglasses when they are outside in the … Continue reading
Catch and Release
Q: What can you catch but not throw? A: A cold! Explanation: Are you familiar with the expression, to catch a cold? when you catch a cold you get a cold (runny nose, sneezing, maybe coughing, …) from someone else. Cold sometimes means the … Continue reading
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Tagged ball, catch, catch a cold, catch and release, cold, ELL, English, ESL, health, sick, sports, throw, vocabulary
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Sweet Honey in the Hair
Q: Why do bees have sticky hair? A: They use honey combs! Explanation: You already know that bees make honey. Honeycomb is where honey is stored in the hive. The honeycomb is made of many hexagons (a 6 sided figure like a snowflake … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, comb, ELL, ESL, funny, hair, hexagon, honey, honeycomb, humor, joke, jokes explained, sticky, Sweet Honey in the Rock, vocabulary
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Lost Sleep
Q: Why did the boy run around his bed? A: Because he was trying to catch up on his sleep! Explanation: To catch up on something (such as sleep) is to do something you have not had time to do. You catch up on … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, catch, catch up on, cooking, criminal, gingerbread man, joke, jokes explained, reading, sleep, Twitter, vacation, writing
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On Your Marks…
Q: How do you keep an elephant from charging? A: Take away its credit cards! Explanation: When an elephant runs towards you or something else, we say the elephant is charging, much like a bull might charge (run) at the cape of a … Continue reading
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Tagged charge, credit, credit card, Elephant, English, funny, joke, jokes explained, kids jokes, matador
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Hamburger, No Helper
Q: What do you call a cow with no legs? A: Ground Beef! Explanation: Beef is a type of meat that comes from cows, cattle. When this meat is put through a grinder it is called ground beef. Ground beef is … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, cow, food, grind, ground beef, hamburger, joke, jokes explained, kids jokes
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Make Me a Drink
Frankenstein: Hey witch, can you make me a glass of lemonade? Witch: Poof! You’re a glass of lemonade! Explanation: The word ‘poof‘ in this joke is the sound of a witch casting a spell. (I could have used the word zap … Continue reading
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Tagged abracadabra, drink, food, Frankenstein, funny, halloween, joke, lemonade, Mary Shelley, poof, recipe, witch
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Gives You Goosebumps
Q: What do ghosts read? A: Booooks! Explanation: Ghosts say, “Boo!” when they come out to scare you. Of course books are for reading. This joke is funny because it combines the word ‘boo’ with the word ‘books.’ Ok, it’s only … Continue reading
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