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Tools for Fools?
Q: What tool can you use to cut water? A: A sea-saw! Explanation: To understand this joke you must first know what a seesaw is. A seesaw is a toy/ game/ ride that you might see on a playground where children play … Continue reading
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Rappin’ Wrapper?
Q: What do you call an elf who sings? A: A wrapper! Explanation: In this joke, elves are Santa Claus’ helpers. They are the ones who make the toys and wrap them so that Santa can deliver the toys on Christmas Eve. … Continue reading
Workout Yeti
Q: What do you call a snowman with six-pack abs? A: The Abdominal Snowman! Explanation: Let’s start with six-pack abs: six-pack abs are stomach muscles that are well formed and strong. To get six-pack abs you need to do a lot of exercise. (By … Continue reading
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November Flowers?
Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? A: Pilgrims! Explanation: Happy Thanksgiving!! This is one of my favorite jokes and one that I did not understand when I was a kid. In the northern hemisphere spring comes around … Continue reading
Incognito
Q: What do you call a fake noodle? A: An Impasta! Explanation: Noodles, such as spaghetti noodles, can be called pasta. An imposter is a person who pretends to be someone else. So, a fake noodle is an “impasta” which sounds … Continue reading
National Cat Day
Q: What is it called when a cat wins a dog show? A: A CAT-HAS-TROPHY! Explanation: Today in the United States is National Cat Day! so a cat joke seemed appropriate. When someone (or some animal!?!) wins a contest like a … Continue reading
Please sir, I want some more
Q: Did you hear about the hungry clock? A: It went back four seconds! Explanation: To “go back for seconds” means to serve yourself more food from the kitchen, the serving dishes or perhaps the buffet line. And you only “go back for … Continue reading
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Off Key
Q: What’s the difference between a guitar and a fish? A: You can’t tuna fish! Explanation: Tuna fish? No, tune – a – fish. You see, for a guitar to sound good, you have to tune it. A fish cannot be tuned… but … Continue reading
Trout Trouble?
Q: Why can’t fishermen be generous? A: Because their business makes them sell fish! Explanation: This is a bad pun (are there good puns?)! Their business makes them ‘sell fish’ or shall I say “selfish.” Yes, sell fish sounds just like selfish but there … Continue reading
PB & J
Q: Why do bananas have to put on sunscreen before they go to the beach? A: Because they might peel! Explanation: A banana peel is the outside skin of the banana. Your skin can peel if you are in the sun and you … Continue reading
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