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February 15, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when an elephant walks through your garden?”/“Squash.”

A "squash" pun is: Q: What do you get when an elephant walks through your garden?A: Squash. The elephant joke has been cited in print since at least 2003. Google BooksNoah's Favorite…

November 18, 2020
Food/Drink

“What do you get when lightning strikes the chicken coop?”/“Sudden fried chicken.”

A fried chicken riddle is: Q: What do you get when lightning strikes the chicken coop?A: Sudden fried chicken. "Sudden friend chicken" can sound like "Southern fried chicken."…

August 7, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when someone hits you with a couple of beer cans?”/“A brews.”

"Brews" sounds like "bruise." There have been several puns. "What do you get if you get hit by a tea bag? A brews!" was posted on Twitter on May 1, 2012. "A beer…

December 23, 2022
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you combine a Christmas tree with an iPad?”/“A pineapple.”

A Christmas riddle is: Q: What do you get when you combine/cross/mix a Christmas tree with an iPad?A: A pineapple. The Christmas tree is often a pine tree, and an iPad is made by Apple Inc.…

June 5, 2017
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“What do you get when you cross a chili pepper, a shovel and a terrier?”/“A hot-diggity-dog.”

A joke on the expression "Hot diggity dog!" is: Q: What do you get when you cross a chili pepper, a shovel and a terrier?A: A hot-diggity-dog. The riddle was posted on Twitter on July 17,…

September 24, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross a cow and a duck?”/“Milk and quackers.”

A "milk and crackers" pun is: Q: What do you get when you cross a cow and a duck?A: Milk and quackers. "Helen Griffith -- If you had a cow and some ducks, what would you have? --…

January 5, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross a Jamaican with a ginger?”/“A gingerbreadmon.”

A gingerbread man riddle is: Q: What do you get when you cross a Jamaican and a ginger?A: A gingerbreadmon. The joke was posted on Twitter by PieGuy on April 6, 2012. Wikipedia: Gingerbread manA…

October 31, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross a Smurf with a cow?”/“Blue cheese.”

"Smurf" cartoon characters are blue, and a riddle is: Q: What do you get when you cross a Smurf with a cow?A: Blue cheese. The joke was posted on Twitter on July 28, 2011 (when the movie…

November 23, 2022
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross a turkey with a banjo?”/“A turkey that can pluck himself.”

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…

November 23, 2022
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross a turkey with a banjo?”/“A turkey that can pluck 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…

December 4, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross an apple with a Christmas tree?”/“A pineapple.”

A Christmas riddle is: Q: What do you get when you cross an apple with a Christmas tree?A: A pineapple. The joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on December 27, 2002. “What do you get…

August 17, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you cross an onion with a donkey?” (joke)

Onions frequently make people cry. A classic riddle is: Q: What do you get when you cross an onion with a donkey?A: Most times you get an onion with big ears, but once in a great while you'll…

December 3, 2015
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?”

A popular joke told over Halloween and Thanksgiving is: Q: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?A: Pumpkin pi. The joke has been cited in print since at…

November 1, 2016
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?”/“Squash.”

A popular Halloween pumpkin riddle is: Q: What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?A: Squash. The riddle was posted with other Halloween jokes to the newsgroup alt.jokes.pentium on October 8, 1998.…

March 13, 2020
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you eat 3.14 slices of cake?”/“Diabetes.”

An anti-joke about the number 3.14 ("pi") was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 13, 2020: Q: What do you get when you eat 3.14 slices of cake?A: Diabetes. “What do you get if you eat…

June 2, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you eat bad pizza?”/“Pizzarrhea.”

A "pizzeria" is a pizza restaurant. "Pizzarrhea" (pizza + diarrhea) is a jocular portmanteau word about getting "pizza shits." "What do you get when you eat a…

July 12, 2024
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you eat uranium?”/“Atomic Ache.”

"Atomic ache" sounds a bit like "a tummy ache." "Eating uranium can cause atomic ache" was posted on the newsgroup Google Groups: rec.humor on April 22, 1991.…

November 15, 2021
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you mix a broccoli and a melon?”/“The saddest vegetable: a melonccoli.”

The word "melancholy" is not a food portmanteau of "melon" and broccoli," but there are jokes. "Melancholy. A cross between a melon and a broccoli. At least…

September 2, 2014
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you mix beans and onions?”/“Tear gas.”

It's common knowledge that onions make one cry and that beans give one gas, leading to the joke: Q: What do you get when you mix beans and onions? A: Tear gas. The joke has been cited in print…

July 4, 2019
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you mix holy water with vodka?”/“The holy spirit.”

A religious riddle is: Q: What do you get when you mix holy water with vodka?A: The holy spirit. "MIXED JOKES: what do you get when you mix Holy Water with whiskey? The Holy spirit" was…

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