# Help me understand this joke **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129 "2008-03-12T17:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/41 "2008-03-14T17:36:57Z")
> [@](#): > > As for the OP, I think the joke is supposed to be that the zookeeper interprets her question sexually, as in, he takes it accusatory that he’s having sex with the hippo because he is. “Before we go any further - that sheep on the end’s a liar.” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/42 "2008-03-14T21:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] What did the penguin say as it slid down the slide? Vroom, vroom, radio! ETA: Maybe the zookeeper is presuming the lady wants to do the hippo!?! :eek: [/QUOTE] Three elephants are taking a bath. The first elephant says to the second one, “pass the soap.” The second one says to the third, “pass the soap.” The third one replies “no soap. radio.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/43 "2008-03-14T22:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] The first part of the joke is: Three pigs are throwing bricks in the air. \ [/QUOTE] The preacher at a church I attended years ago perfectly worked a variation of that joke into his sermon one Sunday. Killed us, he did 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/44 "2008-03-14T22:21:38Z")
“I got a great knock-knock joke. But you have to start it.” “Okay. Knock-knock.” “Who’s there?” \ ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/45 "2008-03-14T23:05:44Z")
OK, what’s gray and comes in quarts? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/46 "2008-03-14T23:10:07Z")
My buddies and I used to practice making up a similar, but slightly different kind of joke: A very annoying know-it-all played in a band with us. We tried to talk to him as little as possible, but often ended up talking _about_ him during breaks. To keep from getting caught doing this, we made up feasible-sounding punchlines to non-existent jokes, which we would blurt out ribaldly if he came near, giving the impression that our whispered conversation had been an off-color joke, to which we’d of course fake uproarious laughter. Examples included: “And then the traveling salesman said to the farmer, _‘Well pops, that never happened to me!’_” “And the farmer said to the traveling salesman, _‘Not around here they don’t’_” ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/47 "2008-03-16T09:06:28Z")
My favorite one is very different. There are two muffins in an oven. The first muffin turns to the second and says “Gosh it is getting cold in here”. The second muffin says “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! A talking muffin!!” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/48 "2008-03-16T09:26:33Z")
I played one of those make you look stupid jokes on myself. Well kind of. Years ago my son bought a **KORN** t-shirt. I had heard of the band but never seen it written. I pointed at it and burst out laughing. He asked me what was so funny and I said, “Their name. I didn’t realise what a clever joke it is. To appeal to kids what could be cornier than using a word that begins with C and spelling it with a K and turning the R backwards. **KORN** - see it’s a really clever joke.” He looked at me like I was an idiot and told me the real history of their name which was quite mundane and not really funny or clever at all. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/49 "2008-03-16T09:45:06Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] “Before we go any further - that sheep on the end’s a liar.” [/QUOTE] “I _did_! And now we’re going to the movies.” ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/50 "2008-03-16T10:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] And now, it’s time for the penguin on top of your television to explode. [/QUOTE] Must be just after 8 then. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/51 "2008-04-07T02:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Okay, it it a text only joke, or a cartoon? If it’s a cartoon, maybe there’s some important detail that you’re not seeing, and haven’t told us. It would helpif you could post the drawing. If it’s text only, are you certain you’ve quoted it exactly? [/QUOTE] Text Only. No picture. I quoted it exactly. I triple checked, because I thought there HAD to be something else to it. Here’s an example of another one, which comparatively speaking is better (but not much) **Just the facts** People who hate paying their taxes can be divided into two distinct types. Men and Women. That’s it. Yeah, I get it. Everyone hates paying taxes. Edited to add.. Hey how cool is that? I’m the first poster on two consecutive pages of an extended thread? I wonder how often that happens? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129/52 "2025-05-14T14:44:17Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Edited to add.. > Hey how cool is that? I’m the first poster on two consecutive pages of an extended thread? I wonder how often that happens? Hardly ever, any more… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129.md?page=2)