# More Jokes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** comedian-jokes\
**Created:** [February 27, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629 "2020-02-27T23:57:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7752 "2026-05-30T14:07:42Z")

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> [@smithsb](#):
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> I have so many questions…why…what do they drive?

Full-sized sedans, because they have plenty of trunk space.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7753 "2026-05-30T15:01:01Z")

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How many elephants can fit in a VW?

1. Two in front, two in back, and one in the glove compartment.

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7754 "2026-05-30T15:43:02Z")

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(Verbal joke only) How do you get two whales in a VW Bug?

Take M-4.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7755 "2026-05-30T16:05:39Z")

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Took me a minute, until I figured out ‘Take M-4’ wasn’t the ‘verbal’ part.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7756 "2026-05-30T16:14:58Z")

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### A waiter approaches a table and asks, “May I take your order?”

Man: “I haven’t decided yet.”

Waiter: “How about the duck?”

Duck: “I’ll have the lasagna.”

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### One day Canada will rule the world.

Then everyone will be sorry.

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### James Bond prefers a BLT to a chicken sandwich.

Bacon, not bird.

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### I went to my ophthalmologist to get my eyes checked.

He said, “Do you want the good news first or the bad news?”

I said, “Better give me the good news.”

He said, “You’re about to get a new dog.”

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### I say, I say, what is the most popular type of bread among breastfeeding mothers?

Pumpernipple.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7757 "2026-05-30T16:58:36Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> James Bond prefers a BLT to a chicken sandwich.

Grilled chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and aioli on toasted focaccia. Trust me on this.

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7758 "2026-05-30T19:09:39Z")

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A little help? I still don’t get it.

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7759 "2026-05-30T19:20:59Z")

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M-4 is a British motorway that goes to Wales, a Great Britain constituent country. A play on whales vs Wales.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7760 "2026-05-30T19:21:07Z")

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It is in the verbal part, no scare quotes required, but it’s in the question, not the answer.

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7761 "2026-05-30T19:22:36Z")

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Ah! Thank you.

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7762 "2026-05-30T19:25:03Z")

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Me: You mean you’ve never seen “The Hunt for Red October”?

Friend: I really don’t like movies with sub titles.

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7763 "2026-05-30T22:25:30Z")

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‘Two whales’ is a pun on ‘to Wales’

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7764 "2026-05-30T22:36:29Z")

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Uh… What?

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7765 "2026-05-30T22:38:42Z")

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Tried to be subtle in responding, then saw the other better responses. Goofs all the way down. Oops.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7766 "2026-05-30T23:18:30Z")

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I’ve fixed your coding.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7767 "2026-05-31T00:15:50Z")

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> [@Civil\_Guy](#):
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> ‘Two whales’ is a pun on ‘to Wales’

Yes, I know. It took me a minute to get it, because I was sounding out ‘Take M-4’ as if it were a pun. Then I made the Wales connection.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7768 "2026-05-31T00:53:42Z")

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Also, perhaps, made more difficult by the fact that “M-4” is a British road-naming pattern, that many Americans wouldn’t recognize. Our motorways are called interstates.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7769 "2026-05-31T01:07:30Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Our motorways are called interstates.

Except in SoCal, where they’re ‘The’.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7770 "2026-05-31T02:25:05Z")

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Michigan also calls their state highways M routes (as opposed to I or US routes). For example, M-43 or M-1.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7771 "2026-05-31T02:34:39Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Our motorways are called interstates.

And none of them lead to either Wales or whales.

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