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November 16, 2022
Food/Drink

“What do you get from a dwarf cow?”/“Condensed milk.”

A milk riddle is: Q: What do you get from a dwarf cow?A: Condensed milk. "The biology department of Alabama is attempting to produce a dwarf cow to yield condensed milk. -- Rollins…

March 8, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get from a forgetful cow?”/“Milk of amnesia.”

A cow riddle has been printed on several images: Q: What do you get from a forgetful cow?A: Milk of amnesia. "Absent-minded cows give milk of amnesia. -- J. C. Salak" was cited in print…

May 12, 2014
Food/Drink

“What do you get from a pampered cow?”/“Spoiled milk.”

A popular joke is that a certain type of milk comes from a certain quality of cow, such as "chocolate milk comes from brown cows." A similar type of joke is: "What dp you get from a…

July 26, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get from an invisible cow?”/“Evaporated milk.”

A cow riddle is: Q: What do you get from an invisible cow?A: Evaporated milk. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2007. “What do little ghosts drink?"/"Evaporated milk"…

January 29, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get from eating too much guacamole?”/“Guacoma.”

"Guacoma" is a portmanteau word that can mean a disease from eating too much guacamole (guacamole + coma) or a disease of the eyes caused by guacamole (guacamole + glaucoma).…

July 5, 2019
Food/Drink

“What do you get hanging from apple trees?”/“Sore arms.”

A fruit riddle is: Q: What do you get hanging from apple trees?A: Sore arms. The joke is that the answer is a person hanging from the tree, not a fruit. Other fruits besides "apple" have…

August 10, 2016
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you boil funnybones?”/“A laughing stock.”

A pun about funnybones is: Q: What do you get if you boil funnybones?A: A laughing stock. "Laughing stock is made by slow cooking leftover funny bones" was posted on Twitter on March 5,…

December 19, 2025
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross a dinosaur and a pig?”/“Jurassic Pork.”

Jurassic Park (a 1993 American science fiction adventure film about a team of genetic scientists who create a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs) shouldn't be confused with "Jurassic…

May 11, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross a jogger with an apple pie?”/“Puff pastry.”

An apple pie riddle is: Q: What do you get if you cross a jogger with an apple pie?A: Puff pastry. The jogger huffs and puffs. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2007. Wikipedia: Puff…

January 29, 2018
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“What do you get if you cross a sheepdog with a jelly?”/“The collie-wobbles.”

Jelly wobbles, and a riddle is: Q: What do you get if you cross a sheepdog with a jelly?A: The collie-wobbles. "Collywobbles" means a stomachache or anxiety, fear. The joke has been cited…

September 3, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross a snake and a hot dog?”/“A fangfurter.”

A frankfurter riddle has been cited in print since at least 1976: Q: What is Count Dracula's favorite snack?A: A fangfurter? A snake version of the riddle was posted on Twitter on December 10,…

March 14, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross a sweet potato and a jazz musician?”/“A yam session!”

A yam riddle is: Q: "What do you get if you cross a sweet potato and a jazz musician?A: A yam session> The joke has been cited in print since at least 1996. 24 December 1996, Chicago (IL)…

November 12, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment?”/“A flat fish.”

An "apartment" is called a "flat" in the United Kingdom. A riddle is: Q: What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment?A: A flat fish. The joke has been cited in print…

November 23, 2022
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross a turkey with a banjo?”/“A bird that plucks itself.”

A turkey riddle about a bird that can "pluck itself" is popularly told on Thanksgiving. "What do you get if you cross a turkey with a banjo? A bird that plucks itself" was…

August 31, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout?”/“Monkfish.”

A pun on the name "monkfish" is: Q: What do you get if you cross an abbot with a trout?A: Monkfish. The joke ha been cited in print since at least 2002. Wikipedia: LophiusMembers of the…

December 20, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you deep fry Santa Claus?”/“Crisp Cringle.”

A Christmas riddle is: Q: What do you get if you deep fry Santa Claus?A: Crisp Cringle. The "Kris Kringle" pun has been cited in print since at least 1997. “Pringles got into my carpet.…

July 29, 2019
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you divide 22 sheep with 7 collies.”/“Shepherd’s pi.”

The number π (pi) is approximately 22/7. A riddle was posted on Twitter by Graeme McKendry (and others) on March 8, 2012: Q: What do you get if you divide 22 sheep with 7 collies? A:…

April 5, 2019
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you eat 3.14 cakes?”/“Fat. You get fat.”

An anti-joke about the number 3.14 ("pi") was posted on Twitter by Zack Riley 🇦🇺 on October 31, 2018: "What do you get if you eat 3.14 cakes?Fat, you get Fat.What? were you…

July 13, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get if you stuff your computer’s disk drive with herbs?”/“A thyme machine.”

A computer "time machine" pun has been cited in print since at least 2002: Q: What do you get if you stuff your computer's disk drive with herbs?A: A thyme machine. Actrix Newsletter…

December 18, 2025
Food/Drink

“What do you get when a dinosaur mates with a pig?”/“Jurassic Pork”

Jurassic Park (a 1993 American science fiction adventure film about a team of genetic scientists who create a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs) shouldn't be confused with "Jurassic…

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