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May 10, 2022
Time/Weather

“What season is it when you’re on a trampoline?”/“Springtime.”

A seasonal riddle is: Q: What season is it when you are on a trampoline? A: Springtime. The riddle has been cited in print since at least 1976. Google BooksBiggest Riddle Book in the WorldJoseph…

March 28, 2018
Time/Weather

“What stars go to jail?”/“Shooting stars.”

A riddle about stars is: Q: What stars go to jail?A: Shooting stars. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1976. Wikipedia: Shooting Star Shooting star is a common name for the visible…

November 5, 2017
Time/Weather

“What time do ducks wake up?”/“At the quack of dawn.”

A duck riddle is: Q: What time do ducks wake up?A: At the quack of dawn. The pun has been cited in print since at least 1983, and has been printed on several images. Google Books January 1983,…

February 13, 2019
Time/Weather

“What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence?”/“Time to build a new fence.”

A popular riddle about time is: Q: What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence (car, chair, clock, watch, etc.)?A: Time to get a new fence (car. chair, clock, watch, etc.). This riddle was…

August 13, 2022
Time/Weather

“What time is it when you see a cow laying in a field?”/“Pasture bedtime.”

"Pasture bedtime" sounds like "past your bedtime," and there are several jokes. "Jill: What did the mama cow say to the baby cow? Bill: I dunno, What? Jill: It's…

August 13, 2022
Time/Weather

“What time is it when you see cows sleeping in a field?”/“Pasture bedtime.”

"Pasture bedtime" sounds like "past your bedtime," and there are several jokes. "Jill: What did the mama cow say to the baby cow? Bill: I dunno, What? Jill: It's…

June 21, 2018
Time/Weather

“What time is it when you sit on a pin?”/“Spring time.”

A time riddle is: Q: What time is is when you sit on a pin?A: Spring time. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2009. “What time is it when you sit on a tack?"/"Spring…

June 24, 2018
Time/Weather

“What time is it when you sit on a tack?”/“Spring time.”

A time riddle is: Q: What time is is when you sit on a tack?A: Spring time. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1968. “What time is it when you sit on a pin?"/"Spring…

April 16, 2008
Time/Weather

“What time is it?”/“Do you mean right now?” (Yogi Berra)

New York Yankee baseball great Yogi Berra is well known for his humorous sayings, although Yogi once remarked: "I never said everything I said." Yogi was once asked (usually attributed to…

March 20, 2018
Time/Weather

“What type of sense of humor does rain have?”/“A very wet sense of humor.”

A riddle about rain is; Q: What type of sense of humor does rain have?A: A very wet sense of humor. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2007. funnyjoke.com.auCategory: Weather jokesDate…

March 4, 2021
Time/Weather

“What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow?”/“The letter W.”

A pot of gold is what some people believe that a leprechaun's keeps at the end of a rainbow. A rainbow riddle is: Q: What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow?A: The letter W.…

October 6, 2025
Sports/GamesTime/Weather

“What would be events in the Autumn Olympics?  Leaf raking? Clothes layering?”

There are Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games, but nothing for autumn. Many people have suggested events (jokingly) that could be in an Autumn Olympics, such as bobbing for apples,…

August 8, 2022
Time/Weather

“What’s a light-year?”/“One-third less calories than a regular year.”

A joke defines "light-year" much like a "light beer," in that "it has one-third less calories that an regular year." "Evan Davis, one of the insane contestants I…

November 2, 2021
Time/Weather

“What’s a three-season bed?”/“One without a spring.”

A joke was printed in The Christian Science Monitor in September 1926 and widely reprinted in newspapers: "Out in the country where I spent my vacation they gave me one of those three-season…

July 9, 2021
Time/Weather

“What’s a zombie’s favorite weather?”/“Brainstorms.”

A zombie riddle was posted on Reddit -- Zombies on May 17, 2011, taken from this rage comic of the day before: Q: What is a zombie's favorite weather?A: BRAINSTORMS. Zombies, as everyone…

December 21, 2016
Time/Weather

“What’s the difference between snowmen and snowwomen?”/“Snowballs.”

A snow riddle is: Q: What's the difference between snowmen and snowwomen?A: Snowballs. The riddle was printed in a 1975 newspaper and a 1981 book. Other snowball riddles include “What do you…

January 29, 2017
Time/Weather

“What’s the difference between you and a calendar?”/“A calendar has a date on Valentine’s Day.”

A Valentine's Day riddle is: Q: What's the difference between you and a calendar?A: A calendar has a date on Valentine's Day. "What's the difference between you and a…

May 8, 2017
Time/Weather

“What’s the opposite of a tsunami?”/“A microwave.”

A riddle about a microwave is: Q: What's the opposite of a tsunami?A: A microwave. "'Where in the house can you find the opposite of a tsunami? The microwave!' - Band…

December 26, 2017
Time/Weather

“What’s the shittiest day of the week?”/“SaTURDay.”

A riddle was posted on Twitter on January 2, 2011: Q: What's the shittiest day of the week? A: Sa"TURD"ay. "What's the shittiest day of the week? SaTURDay" was posted…

December 7, 2017
Time/Weather

“What’s white and goes up?”/“A confused snowflake.”

A winter riddle is: Q: What's white and goes up?A: A confused snowflake. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1977. 11 January 1977, Los Angeles (CA) Times, You sec., pg. 2, col.…

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