Me: Dad what does illegal mean?
Dad: A sick bird.
That’s exactly where my brain went
ETA: that also reminded me of this classic:
How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two . One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly coloured machine tools.
Now I have George Thorogood in my head. You monster…
Granted, it was full of “xmas cracker” jokes, but oh, so much more…
“Not just jokes, but very random stories, horrifically terrible puns and general silliness, with Quentin Blake doing a stunning job by scribbling in every conceivable space. Brilliant!”
(Amazon review).
My fave:
What kind of sound irritates shellfish?
Altogether now:
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
(You gotta say it with the words smushed together)
If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many pounds of skim milk does it take to make an elephant a pair of trousers?
@anon36271483 cracker jokes are great fun! Dear Brother, the mum and i all share crackers at christmastime. wearing the paper crowns, reading the jokes out to each other… so fun! DB and i make our own (with the “crack” thing-y) for us all to share with little silly things, candy coins, jokes, paper hats!
here’s one i like:
“if Washington’s wife went to Wilmington, while Washington’s washerwoman was washing Washington’s woolies, how many ‘w’ s are there in all?”
dad jokes are cracker jokes.
BTW, how do trees get on the internet?
A: they log in
A guy is getting a medical and he says, ‘so what’s the score doc? Am I okay?’
And the doc says, ‘Its not looking good; Mercury’s in Uranus’.
So he says, ‘I don’t believe in all that astrology stuff’, and the doc replies: ‘neither do I. My thermometer just broke’.
ETA: What did the nurse say when she found a an extra thermometer in her top pocket?
Some arsehole’s got my pen!
Have you heard about the zoo in China that has nothing in it but one small dog?
It’s a shit zoo.
Q: How do you know an elephant was in your refridgerator?
A: Footprints in the butter.
Q: How do you know an elephant IS in your refridgerator?
A: You can’t get the door closed.
WE CONSIDERED OURSELVES A FUNNY CULTURE
NO PARTICULARLY FUNNY JOKES ARE BURIED HERE
Q: How do you know when an elephant throws a party in your refridgerator?
A: All the motorbikes parked outside.
Why is an elephant large, gray, and wrinkled?
Because if it was small, white, and smooth, it would be an aspirin.
If you see eight elephants walking down the road in pink sweaters what do you know?
They’re all on the same team.
Why is a mouse when it spins?
The higher, the fewer.
The essentially identical song “I’m a man” came up on Heardle recently. We sang along:
I’m a man
I’m a man
M m m m man
Man to the mone
Fascinating!
… and led to this perfect old-timey dad joke groaner:
Why is Carrie Nation like a tailor?
Because she made the saloonkeepers close.
(I’m sorry but history’s a b-itch)