“Why are clouds like jockeys?”/“When they hold the rains.”
A "rains/reins" pun from 1878 is: "When are the clouds like jockeys? When they hold the rains." The joke was repopularized (or reinvented) in the 2000s. "Why are clouds…
“Why are fish no good at tennis?”/“They don’t like to get too close to the net.”
A tennis riddle is: Q: Why are fish no good at tennis?A: They don't like to get too close to the net. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1984. Google BooksLaughs, Hoots &…
“Why are girls so good at swimming?”/“Because they are boyn’t.”
"Buoyant" has nothing to do with "boy," but "boyn't" is a pun. "Boys always sink but girls don't because they're boyn't" was posted on…
“Why are many umpires fat?”/“Because they always clean their plate.”
Baseball umpires frequently dust off home plate. A baseball riddle is: Q: Why are many umpires fat?A: Because they always clean their plate. The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2006.…
“Why are origami artists bad at poker?”/“They always fold.”
Origami is the art of paper folding. It has nothing to do with folding in the game of poker, but there have been puns. "Never play poker with origami makers; they always fold" was posted…
“Why are the Mets having a gala?”
The New York Mets baseball team has nothing to do with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual "Met Gala," but there are jokes. Wikipedia: Met Gala The Met Gala, formally called the…
“Why are there so many baseball autobiographies?”/“Because every pitcher tells a story.”
"Every picture tells a story" is an old saying that was popularized as the title of a 1971 rock song and album by Rod Stewart. There's a baseball pun: Q: Why are there so many…
“Why are vampires afraid of casinos?”/“Because of all the high stakes.”
A vampire riddle has been cited in print since at least 1999: Q: What do vampires play poker for? A: High stakes. A slightly different version -- not necessarily involving the game of poker -- was…
“Why can’t cars play football?”/“Because they only have one boot.”
A UK riddle about football (soccer) is: Q: Why can't cars play football?A: Because they only have one boot. A car's "boot" is its "trunk" (US). A person's boot is…
“Why can’t China play cricket?”/“They keep eating their bats.”
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic began, according to one theory, when someone in China ate a bat. This has nothing to do with a cricket bat, but there are jokes. "That's why China…
“Why can’t New Yorkers play chess?”/“They’re missing two towers.”
A possibly politically incorrect joke about New Yorkers and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center (also called the "Twin Towers") is: Q: Why can't New Yorkers play…
“Why can’t you carry unlimited pickles in video games?”/“You’re over-cucumbered.”
The term "encumbance" has nothing to do with cucumbers, but there are jokes. "Enumbrance" is a video game term defined in The Long Dark Wiki as "a player statistic that…
“Why couldn’t the pirate play cards?”/“Because he was sitting on the deck.”
There's a joke about a deck of cards and a ship's deck: Q: Why couldn't the pirate play cards?A: Because he was sitting on the deck. "We have lots of singing and reading, but…
“Why did a soccer manager give his team lighters?”/“Because they kept losing all of their matches.”
A pun about football (soccer) "matches" is: Q: Why did the football manager give his team lighters?A: Because they kept losing all of their matches. The joke was posted to the newsgroup…
“Why did man invent curling?”/“To convince women sweeping was a sport.”
Curling is a sport that involves sweeping. A riddle was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on January 27, 2016: Q: Why did man invent curling?A: To convince women sweeping was a sport. Wikipedia:…
“Why did Tarzan spend so much time on the golf course?”/“He was perfecting his swing.”
Tarzan (a fictional character) usually swings in the jungle, but a golf riddle is: Q: Why did Tarzan spend so much time on the golf course?A: He was perfecting his swing. Wikipedia: TarzanTarzan…
“Why did the bowling pins stop working?”/“Because they went on strike.”
A bowling riddle has been cited in print since at least 1984: Q: Why did the bowling pins lie down? A: Because they were on strike. A slightly different version was printed in 1997: Q: Why did the…
“Why did the chicken cross the basketball court?”/“Because it heard the referee was blowing fowls.”
"Why did the chicken cross the road?"/"To get to the other side" is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A basketball version is: Q: Why did the chicken cross the basketball…
“Why did the console gamer cross the road?”/“To render the buildings on the other side.”
"Why did the chicken cross the road?"/"To get to the other side" is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A gamer version is: Q: Why did the console gamer cross the road?A: To…
“Why did the gamer cross the road?”/“Buy the DLC to find out.”
"Why did the chicken cross the road?"/"To get to the other side" is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A gamer version is: Q: Why did the gamer cross the road?A: Buy the…