“Why do police drive around looking for crime?”
Police cars drive around the neighborhood, but fire trucks usually do not. "When's the last time you seen a fire truck driving around looking for fire? So why do police drive around…
Police cars drive around the neighborhood, but fire trucks usually do not. "When's the last time you seen a fire truck driving around looking for fire? So why do police drive around…
Police vehicles often go beyond the speed limit, and it's not clear if there is an emergency. There's a joke about this: Q: Why do police officers speed?A: Because they can. Who will give…
There's a joke for those who believe that politicians are full of crap: Q: Why do politicians take laxatives?A: So they can speak more fluently. The joke was posted on Reddit on July 19, 2016,…
A potato riddle is: Q: Why do potatoes make great detectives?A: Because they keep their eyes peeled! The popular potato riddle for children has been cited in print since at least 1995.…
"Bugs" (insects) shouldn't be confused with "computer bugs," but there are jokes. This was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on December 21. 2018: Q: Why do programmers prefer dark…
"We pause for station identification" has been said by radio announcers for many years. A riddle has been cited in print since at least 1940: Q: Why does a radio announcer have small…
Many radio stations tell listeners about uninterrupted music, but interrupt the music to do so. "Yeah - don't you love the way radio stations keep interrupting the music to tell you how…
"Dreadlocks" shouldn't be confused with "dread lox," but there are jokes. "why do rastafarians avoid jewish delis? cuz they dread lox!" was posted on Twitter by…
A pun is told about riot police: Q: Why do riot police get to work early?A: To beat the crowd. A form of the joke existed in California after the police beating of Rodney King (1965-2012) on March…
Smoke detector batteries start ot beep when they're low, and this always seems to happen in the middle of the night. "why do smoke detector batteries only ever run down then start making…
A popular math joke about Halloween and Christmas is: Q: Why do programmers always get Christmas and Halloween mixed up?A: Because DEC 25 = OCT 31! That is, the number "25" (10 or decimal…
"Why we hate lazy people? they are not doing anything anyway" is a question that was asked on Twitter by DearDiary on June 4, 2019. "Why is everyone mad at lazy people? They’re not…
A pun about barcodes is: Q: Why do Swedish warships have barcodes?A: So when they dock they can Scandinavian (scan the navy in). The joke was posted on Twitter by Julian Lee @thisisshaft on…
France has been invaded several times and there's a classic war joke: Q: Why do the French have so many civil wars?A: So that they can win one. English actor and comedian John Cleese (a…
"Escargot" (French for "snail") is sometimes given the joke "l'ess/less cargo." "Why do the French transport snails without their shells? Less cargo"…
"High coup" sounds like "haiku." "The haiku is a high coup" was posted on Twitter on March 10, 2011. "Japanese army, overthrows the government. It was a high…
The term "drug-sniffing dog" means that the dog sniffs to detect drugs, not that the dog is addicted to drugs. "Why do the police use those drug-sniffing dogs instead of the sober…
A gun is a "firearm," or "arms" in the plural. "Guns" is slang for "biceps." A popular question is: "Why do they call guns arms and arms guns?"…
A gun is a "firearm," or "arms" in the plural. "Guns" is slang for "biceps." A popular question is: "Why do they call guns arms and arms guns?"…
A water heater is often called a "hot water heater." "why do people say 'hot water heater' when it heats cold water?" was posted on Twitter by Barry Skalski on May 4,…