Q: What is the musical part of a turkey?
A: The drumstick!
Explanation: “Drumstick” has two meanings: a drumstick is the piece of wood that a drummer uses to hit the drum and make music; a turkey leg, one that has been cooked and is ready to eat, is also called a drumstick. This joke plays on the double meaning of the word drumstick.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the United States. Everyday I am thankful!
Q: Why did the bee get married?
A: Because he found his honey!
Explanation: Sweetie, dear, my love, honey. These are all words/ phrases that a person might use for his or her significant other, for the love of your life. So, when you “find your honey” you find that person who means a lot to you. Then, you could marry that person.
This joke plays on the double meaning of the word honey: a sweet treat made by honey bees and someone who you love. In this case the bee found his honey, his love. The honey he made, is back at the bee hive.
Q: Why did the poor dog chase his own tail?
A: He was trying to make ends meet!
Explanation: “To make ends meet” is an expression used when someone is working hard to earn enough money to pay the bills. The word “poor” in “poor dog” can be an expression of sympathy such as “you poor thing” or it can mean poor as in a person with little or no money.
This dog is working to make ends meet by having its mouth grab its tail. If and when the dog bites its tail, its head will literally meet the tail; the two ends of the dog will meet. This joke is funny because it plays with the word “poor” and the expression “make ends meet.”
Q: How did the music teacher get locked in the classroom?
A: His keys were inside the piano!
Explanation: Well, the word “keys” in this joke has two meanings: 1) Keys are the white and black parts of the piano that your fingers touch when you play the piano; 2) Keys are the pieces of metal that you use to unlock doors. This joke is funny because piano keys are in the piano, they are part of the piano but if you leave the keys to your room in the piano then you cannot get into you room.
Piano teachers need to keep their keys in their pockets and not in their pianos!
Q: Why are graveyards noisy?
A: Because of all the coffin!
Explanation: A coffin is the box that dead people are buried in. Coughing is the body’s natural response when there is a tickle in the throat and you try to clear it- you cough.
This joke is funny because it plays on the similar sound of “coffin” and “coughing.” In English, many people drop the final ‘g’ sound on words ending in ‘ing.’ That makes “coffin” and “coughing” sound even more alike.
Don’t let your coughin’ send you to the coffin! See a doctor!
Q: What do you get from a pampered cow?
A: Spoiled milk.
Explanation: To be “pampered” is to be taken care of in a very nice way. Someone might go to the spa to have her nails done and get a massage and we could say, “She is being pampered.”
If you are too pampered or if you expect someone to always take care of you we could call you spoiled. “Spoiled brat” is a common phrase is to refer to a child who gets mad because he doesn’t get what he wants.
Knowing that we get milk from cows we can make the joke that pampered cows give us spoiled milk. The joke is funny because spoiled milk is what you get when you leave the milk out of the refrigerator for a long time and it turns sour, it spoils. It doesn’t come from cows who are getting their nails done at the spa.
Q: What do you call newborn bee?
A: A ba-bee!
Explanation: Newborn is a word that refers to a baby who has recently come into the world, yes, a baby. A bee is an insect that gives us honey and pollinates plants.
This joke plays on the word/ work part “Bee.” A baby or a ba-bee. Get it? A newborn bee is a baby or a ba-bee; both words sound the same.
One joke a day from now til New Year’s Eve. That is my goal. Thank you for reading and writing to me!!
The title of this post is from a Buddy Holly Song.
Q: What do racers eat?
A: Fast food!
Explanation: A racer is a person who races, such as a runner or a race car driver. The whole point of a race is to go fast in order to win. “Fast food” is food that you can get at a restaurant like McDonalds: you order the food and they give it to you right away. So if you want to go fast you need to eat food that will give you the energy to go fast, or “fast food.” That’s what makes this joke funny! Of course fast food will not make you fast, fat perhaps, but not fast 🙂 .
Q: What do you get when you cross a bear and a ghost?
A: Winnie the boo!
Explanation: You already know what a bear is and you already know what a ghost is. But do you know about Winnie the Pooh? Winnie the Pooh is a stuffed bear created by A. A. Milne. Wonderful stories from a long time ago! “Pooh” sounds like “boo.” Ghosts say, “Boo!” Therefore we get Winnie the Boo!
Q: What’s green and sings?
A: Elvis Parsley!
Explanation: This joke is a play on words- “parsley”, a leafy green used as food, sounds a lot like “Presley” the last name of the famous singer, Elvis Presley. Parsley, Presley, Parsley, Presley, Parsley, Presley- try saying that 10 times fast.
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