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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…

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…

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