Puns
38 jokes · ten picks, reshuffled daily
A pun is a joke about language itself, and people either love them or pretend they do not. The best ones hide the double meaning until the last word and then make you re-read the whole sentence; the worst ones are so bad they come back round to being good, which is the dad-joke end of the same shelf.
Everything here turns on a word doing two jobs at once. They are clean, so you can tell them anywhere, and short, so you can tell several before anyone can stop you.
Why don't oysters share? Because they're shellfish.
Why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use honeycombs.
Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up.
What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? One is really heavy, and the other is a little lighter.
What do you call a sleeping dinosaur? A dino-snore.
Why was the broom late? It over-swept.
A sandwich walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve food here."
I'd tell you a chemistry joke, but I know I wouldn't get a reaction.
What's the best thing about Switzerland? I don't know, but the flag is a big plus.
What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta.
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