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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…

July 22, 2018
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you mix laxatives with holy water?”/“A religious movement.”

A religious riddle is: Q: What do you get when you mix laxatives with holy water?A: A religious movement. Forms of the joke have been cited in print since at least 1986. “What do you get when you…

January 11, 2021
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you pick a pig’s nose?”/“Ham boogers.”

"Hamburgers" should not be confused with "ham boogers." but there are puns. This was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on November 19, 1992: Q: What do you get when a pig picks…

September 6, 2015
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“What do you get when you play a country song backwards?”

A joke about country music (cited in print since at least 1991) illustrates the sadness of much of the lyrics. "What do you get when you play a country song backwards? You get your job back,…

October 6, 2015
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“What do you get when you play a new age song backwards?”

New age music is incomprehensible to many people, hence the joke: Q: What do you get when you play a new age song backwards?A: You get a different new age song. The new age music joke has been…

May 5, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you play tug-of-war with a pig?”/“Pulled pork.”

A riddle about pulled pork is: Q: What do you get when you play tug-of-war with a pig?A: Pulled pork. "tug of war pig!? Your guess equals mine LOL RT @GsusShuttlez: @FLashY i never understood…

March 19, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?”/“Hot cross bunnies.”

A popular riddle about hot cross buns is: Q: What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?A: Hot cross bunnies. The joke was published in Boys' Life magazine in 1976 and is…

July 19, 2021
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you put cabbage in a wood chipper?”/“Slaw dust!”

Coleslaw (made from finely shredded raw cabbage) has had some "slaw dust" (slaw + sawdust) jokes. "Q: What do you get when you cut a cabbage with a band saw? A: Slaw dust" was…

July 20, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you put guacamole on a BLT?”/“An LGBT.” (Gay BLT)

BLT and LGBT aren't related terms, but there's a joke: Q: What do you get when you put guacamole on a BLT?A: An LGBT. "Would that be a gay BLT that only likes other BLT's?"…

July 20, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What do you get when you put guacamole on a BLT?”/“An LGBT.” (Gay BLT)

BLT and LGBT aren't related terms, but there's a joke: Q: What do you get when you put guacamole on a BLT?A: An LGBT. "Would that be a gay BLT that only likes other BLT's?"…

March 14, 2017
Food/Drink

“What do you get when you take green cheese & divide its circumference by its diameter?”/“Moon pi.”

A math riddle about the number pi is: Q: What do you get when you take green cheese and divide its circumference by its diameter?A: Moon pi. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2003.…

October 7, 2017
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“What do you give a dog with a fever?”/“Mustard—it’s the best thing for a hot dog!”

A "hot" dog riddle is: Q: What do you give a dog with a fever? A: Mustard. It's the best thing for a hot dog! The joke has been cited in print since at least 1978. 25 February 1978,…

February 5, 2019
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“What do you give a dog with a fever?”/“Mustard. It’s the best thing for a hot dog.”

Is a dog with a high temperature a "hot" dog? A popular joke is: Q: What do you give a dog with a fever?A: Mustard. It's the best thing for a hot dog. The joke was printed in…

January 9, 2017
Holidays/Events/Parades

“What do you give to a man who has everything?”/“Penicillin.”

A problem was popularized in the 1950s, especially around Christmas -- what do you give the person who has everything? There's a joke: Q: What do you give to a man who has everything?A:…

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