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October 28, 2016
Food/Drink

“What’s a vampire’s favorite fruit?”/“A blood orange.”

A popular vampire riddle is: Q: What's a vampire's favorite fruit?A: A blood orange. "Q: What’s a vampire’s favorite fruit? A: Blood orange" was cited in a 1991 newspaper…

May 19, 2016
Food/Drink

“What’s a vampire’s favorite fruit?”/“A necktarine.”

The nectarine isn't featured in many jokes, but there is a pun: Q: What's a vampire's favorite fruit?A: A necktarine. The pun was cited with other Halloween jokes on the newsgroup…

May 21, 2016
Food/Drink

“What’s a vampire’s favorite ice cream?”/“Veinilla.”

A popular children's Halloween pun is: Q: What's a vampire's favorite ice cream?A: Veinilla. The "veinilla" (vein + vanilla) joke has been cited in print since at least…

July 14, 2021
Food/Drink

“What’s a volcano’s favorite dessert?”/“BakLava.”

"Baklava" (a Turkish pastry dessert) doesn't contain "lava," but there are jokes. This was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on December 9, 2016: Q: What's a volcano's…

July 16, 2019
Food/Drink

“What’s a web designer’s favorite tea?”/“URL Grey.”

Many people pronounce "URL" as "Earl," leading to puns about "URL Grey tea." "URL grey?" was posted on the newsgroup alt.devilbunnies on November 24, 1999.…

December 29, 2019
Food/Drink

“What’s a werewolf’s favorite sauce?”/“Béchamel, because it starts with a rouuuuuuuux.”

Do werewolves like béchamel sauce? A riddle was posted on Twitter by "Caelyn Sandel is still here" on October 21, 2019: Q: What's a werewolf's favorite sauce?A: Béchamel,…

May 28, 2018
Food/Drink

“What’s a wok?”/“Something you fwow at a wabbit.”

A popular riddle about a wok (a cooking utensil) has been printed on several images: Q: What is a wok?A: Something you fwow at a wabbit when you don't have a wifle. The dialect is that of…

April 22, 2021
Food/Drink

“What’s an Amish person’s favorite kind of raisin?”/“A barn raisin.”

"Raisin" can sound like "raising." "What is an Amish man's favorite dried fruit? A barn raisin!" was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on March 9, 2014.…

February 23, 2023
Food/Drink

“What’s an anagram of “thaws’”

"What’s is an anagram of 'thaws'" was posted on the newsgroup uk.rec.sheds on February 21, 2000. "What's an anagram of thaw" was posted on Twitter by Neil…

March 13, 2017
Food/Drink

“What’s an Irish windbreaker?”/“Someone who’s had too much corned beef and cabbage.”

A "windbreaker" is a coat. A popular St. Patrick's Day joke about another kind of wind is: Q: What's an Irish windbreaker?A: Someone who's had too much corned beef and…

October 22, 2019
Food/Drink

“What’s an ISIS terrorist’s favorite wine?”/“A Zinfidel.”

Zinfandel is a variety of black-skinned wine grape. "Zinfidel" is a jocular portmanteau word of "Zinfandel" and "infidel." "That makes me want to open a terrorist…

February 26, 2017
Food/Drink

“What’s better than eating a mandarin?”/“Eating Amanda out.”

A pun about eating a mandarin orange is: Q: What's better than eating a mandarin?A: Eating Amanda out. The joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.flame.james.ngygook on June 23, 1996. Wikipedia:…

July 24, 2021
Food/Drink

“What’s better than enchiladas?”/“n+1 chiladas.”

"Enchilada" might sound like "n-chilada" to a mathematician. A riddle was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on July 24, 2021: Q: What's better than enchiladas?A: n+1 chiladas.…

November 9, 2021
Food/Drink

“What’s Bigfoot’s favorite Thanksgiving side?”/“Sas-squash.”

Sasquatch (Bigfoot) has nothing to do with squash, but several jokes involve "sas-squash" or "sass-squash." "What do you call a squash with an attitude? A SASS-SQUASH!…

March 26, 2017
Food/Drink

“What’s black and doesn’t work?”/“Decaf coffee, you racist.”

"What's black and doesn't work?"/"Decaf coffee, you racist" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The joke was posted on Twitter on February 16, 2012. The…

February 8, 2017
Food/Drink

“What’s blue and looks like a tomato?”/“A red tomato in disguise.”

A tomato riddle is: Q: What's blue and looks like a tomato?A: A red tomato is disguise. The riddle was posted on Twitter by "anti joke apple" on April 11, 2014. “What’s yellow…

October 14, 2019
Food/Drink

“What’s cookin’?” (What’s cooking?”)

"What's cooking?" originally meant exactly that. However, 'What's cooking?" (or "What's cookin'?") has come to mean "What's…

January 3, 2018
Food/Drink

“What’s Darth Vader’s favorite Canadian dish?”/“Palpoutine.”

The Star Wars film character of Emperor Palpatine has nothing to do with the Canadian dish of poutine, but there have been several puns. "The Canadian Emperor's name is Pal Poutine"…

June 30, 2017
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“What’s half fruit, half dog and is rather sad?”/“A melon collie.”

A "melancholy" riddle is: Q: What's half fruit, half dog and is rather sad?A: A melon collie. "Half dog and half fruit..A real melon-collie pup/baby" was posted on the…

January 12, 2018
Food/Drink

“What’s larger than a pico de gallo?”/“A kilo de gallo.”

The Mexican dish of "pico de gallo" is not a metric prefix, but there have been jokes. "I got a burrito at lunch just to quip that with the amount of salsa they put on, they should…

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