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Cross a cactus with a bike
A flat tire

Cross a wolf with a rooster
An animal that howls at sunrise

Cross a dog with a waffle
A woofle

Cross King Kong with a bell
A ding-dong King Kong

Cross Minnehaha with Santa Claus
Minnehaha hoho

Cross a horn and a flute
Tootie flutie

Cross a lion with a watchdog
Very nervous postman

Cross TNT with old songs
Blast from the past

Cross a groundhog with Michael Jordan?
6 more weeks of basketball

Cross a bridge with a car
To the other side

Cross a math teacher with a crab
Snappy answers

Cross an elephant with a computer
A 2-ton knowitall

Cross a cat with a shark
A town without dogs

Cross an elephant with peanut butter
An elephant that sticks to the roof of your mouth

Cross an SST with a hamburger
A very fast hamburger

Why did the shark cross the ocean?
To get to the other tide

Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To show the armadillo it could be done 

Why did the fox cross the road?
Chasing the chicken! 

Why did the cactus cross the road?
It was stuck to the chicken

How did the snail cross the road?
Hitched a ride on a chicken

Why did the pig cross the road?
To hear cars squeal their brakes

Why did T-Rex cross the road?
Chickens weren't evolved yet

Why did the elepant cross the road?
Prove it wasn't a chicken

Two men dug a hole in 5 days
How many days did it take them to dig half a hole?
You can't dig half a hole

When is a watch like a thingamabob?
When it's a whatchamaycallit

What's always behind time?
The back of a clock

How long does an 8-day clock run without winding?
It won't run without winding

Why does time fly so fast?
People try to kill it

What's the Lone Ranger's first name?
The

Why does a dog wag its tail?
Nobody wags it for him

Which side of a hamburger is the left side?
The side not eaten

What looks like half a hamburger?
Its other half

2 dozen hamburgers cooked, all but 11 eaten
How many were left?
11

What passes hamburger stands without moving?
A road

What are little black cats?
Kittens

How do plumbers know the weather without using instruments?
Hear the weather forecast

What's the beginning of everything?
Letter E

A farmer had 2 haystacks in 1 row and 3 in another
How many would he have if he put them together?
1

How do you get cold hard cash?
Put your money in the freezer

How do you make money fast?
Glue it down

How do you double your money?
Fold it in half

Going to the water hole a zebra met 6 elephants
Each had 3 monkeys on his back
Each monkey had 2 birds on his tail
How many animals were going to the water hole?
Only the zebra. The rest were going away from it

How many balls of string does it take to reach the moon?
One great big giant one

An astronaut lands in water
What's the first thing he does?
Gets wet

What's the best way to keep fresh cookies?
Don't return them

How do you make a lemon drop?
Let it fall

What do you become after you're 5 years old?
6 years old

How does a sailor know there's no man in the moon?
He's been to sea

Where is Minute Street?
Between 61 and 63 Streets

If April showers bring May flowers
What do Mayflowers bring?
Pilgrims

Where do you find roads without cars
Forests without trees and cities without houses?
On a map

Is there an English word with all the vowels?
Unquestionably

What's a crowbar?
Where crows go for drinks

What does a stork do when it stands on 1 foot?
Lifts the other foot

Why did the eagle fly over the mountains?
It couldn't fly under them

Where is there always sympathy?
In the dictionary

What's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow

Name the Capitol of every U S state in a second
Washington DC

Can you jump higher than a tree?
Yes - a tree can't jump

How many 50 cent stamps are in 2 dozen?
2 dozen

How many times can 7 be subtracted from 77?
Once. Then it's subtracted from a smaller number

How long is a piece of string?
Twice as far as from middle to end

What's orange, weighs 2 tons and has a stick through it?
An orange hippopopsicle

If Washington's wife went to Washington while
Washington's wife washed Washington's woolies
How many Ws are in all
None - no Ws in all

If candy bars are 50 cents in Boston
What are window panes in Philadelphia?
Glass

What month has 26 days?
They all do

What's the difference between an old penny and a new dime?
9 cents

What do they call watermelons in Louisiana?
Watermelons

How do you get water into watermelons?
Plant them in the spring

What do bees ask flowers?
Hey Bud when do you open?

What time do lions come to dinner?
Time to go

What do cats call mice on rollerskates?
Meals on wheels

Why do fish swim in schools?
Group rates are cheaper

Who's the smartest inventor?
Thomas Edison, invented the record player for 
people to stay up all night and use his lightbulbs

How did the inventor discover gunpowder?
It came to him in a flash

What is an unemployed jester?
Nobody's fool

How do you trip the light fantastic?
Stick out your foot

What's big, has a trunk and likes peanuts?
An oak tree with a squirrel in it

What's stranger than seeing a catfish?
Seeing a goldfish bowl

What's another name for a cat's house?
A scratch pad

Why shouldn't you pollute the ocean?
You'd make the sea sick

When a computer falls through the ice?
Breakthrough in modern technology

Dancing pebbles
Rockettes

What travels worldwide but stays in one corner?
A stamp

Where do soldiers learn to drive tanks?
Tank U

What do two breadcrumbs equal?
Ants

Why do giraffes stand on their heads?
To trip clumsy birds

What do frogs build skyscrapers with?
Rivets rivets rivets

What do is it when the ocean is foggy and grass is damp?
Murky sea, murky dew

What do you see on a clear California day?
UCLA

What's the first hot dog crossing the finish line?
The wiener!

Can bees fly in the rain?
Not without their little yellow jackets

Of 5 flies in the kitchen, which one plays football?
The one in the sugar bowl

What's an Italian feline trying on clothes?
Catalina dressing

What has more lives than a cat?
A frog. It croaks every night.

What did one frog say to the other?
Time's sure fun when you're having flies!

How do you communicate with a fish?
Drop him a line

Where do you find the most fish?
Between head and tail

How do you keep a rhinocerous from charging?
Take away his credit card

What's green and flies over Poland?
Peter Panski

What did the ocean say to the beach?
Nothing - just waved

What's a boomerang that don't work? 
A stick 

What has 4 legs, is big, green and fuzzy, 
and if it fell out of a tree would kill you? 
A pool table 

What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? 
Anyone can roast beef 

Why so many Smiths in the phone book? 
They all have phones 

What do you do with 2 pieces of bread in the desert?
Make a sandwich!

What's a cow spying on another cow?
A steak out

How do you recognize a dogwood tree?
By its bark

How do you know if your aura is dirty?
Somebody writes "wash me" on it

What's 2 mushrooms buying drinks for everybody in the bar?
A couple of fun guys

What did the monkey say putting his tail on the railroad tracks?
It won't be long now! 

What's an ice cream truck person?
A sundae driver

How can you recognize Ronald McDonald in a nudist colony?
He's the one with the sesame seed buns

How do you catch a squirrel?
Climb a tree and act like a nut

Why does a flamingo stand on one leg?
If it lifted the other leg it'd fall

What cats call bowls of mice?
Purr-fect meals

5 cats sat on a fence. 1 jumped off. How many were left?
None. They're all copycats

What's the difference between TV and newspaper?
Swat a fly with your TV and find out

Why are frogs always happy?
They eat whatever bugs them

What will you write your essay on?
Paper

How do you pass a geometry test?
Know all the angles

What month do dogs bark least?
February - the shortest month

How do you find a train?
Follow its tracks

What's full of holes but holds water?
A sponge

How many books can you carry in an empty bag?
None. The bag's empty

What do you put in a barrel of water to make it lighter?
A hole

What animal jumps higher than a mountain?
Any animal. Mountains don't jump.

What do you call a frozen camel?
Lost

What does it mean to find a lucky horseshoe?
One unlucky horse goes barefoot

What do Alexander the Great and Bozo the Clown have in common?
The middle name "The"

How do you describe rain?
Drops of water falling from the sky

What do they call French fries in France?
Home fries

What do Texans call sushi?
Bait

How many bricks does it take to finish a house?
One - the last one

After a bath what is still dirty?
The tub

What's brown,has a hump, and lives st the North Pole?
A lost camel

If a farmer raises corn in dry weather
What does he raise in wet weather?
An umbrella

What side of a chicken has the most feathers?
The outside

Where is Timbucktu?
Between Timbuk-one and Timbuk-three

How long are a dinosaur's legs?
Long enough to reach the ground

Where is the ocean deepest?
On the bottom

What is faster than a fish?
The one who catches it

                  ELEPHANTS

Why do elephants wear small green hats?
To sneak across pool tables unobserved

How do you fit 6 elephants into a Volkswagen?
3 in front and 3 in back

What do you call elephants riding trains?
Passengers

How do you make an elephant float?
Ice cream, root beer and an elephant

How does an elephant get to the top of a tree?
Sit on an acorn and wait

How do you find an elephant in the jungle?
By the peanuts on his breath

Why do elephants wear bright green shoes?
To hide in the pea patch

What do you do if an elephant sat in front of you at the movies?
Miss most of the movie

How do you make a hamburger for an elephant
Start with a big roll - 

What do elephants eat besides hamburgers?
Canned elephant food

Why do elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow?
To hide upside-down in bowls of custard

Why did the elephant walk around in white socks?
Someone stole his sneakers

Why do elephants wear green sneakers
To sneak across pool tables without being seen

When is an elephant like a cute little bunny rabbit?
When he wears his cute little bunny rabbit suit

Why did the elephant cross the road?
It didn't want to be mistaken for a chicken

Why do elephants prefer peanuts to caviar?
Easier to get peanuts at ballparks

Fastest way to get to the moon
Climb up an elephant's trunk and tickle him

Why do elephants lie down with their legs in the air?
To Trip Birds!!

Why did the elephant sit on the marshmallow?
So it wouldn't fall iinto the hot chocolate

Why did the elephant lie down in the middle of the road?
To trip the ants

How do we know owls are smarter than chickens?
Ever hear of Kentucky Fried Owl?

Why is an elephant large, gray and wrinkled?
If it were small, white and rouns it's be an aspirin

How do you know an elep[hant is visiting?
His tricycle isparked outside

How do you know anelephant isin your refrigerator?
The door won't close

Why do elephants wear small green hats?
So they can sneak across pool tables unobserved

Why do elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow?
So they can hide upside-down in bowls of custard

What's grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, 
     grey, yellow, grey, yellow?
An elephant rolling down a hill with a daisy in its mouth

What did the grape say when an elephant sat on it?
Nothing, just let out a little whine

What goes clomp, clomp, clomp, swish, clomp, clomp, clomp, swish?
An elephant with one wet tennis shoe.

Why did the elephant change socks at the gold course?
Hole in one

Whaat do you call the first elephant in the bath?
Ringleader

What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?
His shadow

What looks like an elephant?
Another elephant

What do you need to know before training an elephant?
More than the elephant

How do you know an elephant is reading over your shoulder?
Peanuts on his breath

                    HALLOWEEN

What's a cross between Bambi and a ghost?
Bamboo

What do monsters eat? Things
What do monsters drink?
Coke. Things go better with Coke

What happens when a ghost haunts a theater?
Stage fright

How do you recognize Count Dracula?
He has a big D on his pajamas

Why did the monster eat a light bulb?
Light snack

What mistakes do spooks make?
Boo boos

Why do mummies make excellent spies?
They're good at keeping things under wraps

How do you tell twin witches apart?
It's hard to tell which witch is which

What monster goes in washing machines?
A wash and wear wolf

Why are monsters huge and hairy and ugly?
If they were small and round and smooth they'd be M&Ms

                    RABBITS

What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?
A Hot Cross bunny

What did the grey rabbit say to the blue rabbit?
Cheer up!

Why is a bunny the world's luckiest animal?
It has 4 rabbits' feet

What's the difference between a crazy bunny and a counterfeit bank note?
One is bad money and the other is a mad bunny!

What's a cross between a bunny and a leek?
A bunion

What's a cross between a bunny and an orange?
A pip squeak

How do you make a rabbit stew?
Make him wait 3 hours!

                     SPACE TREK

What kind of bulbs should you plant on the moon?
Light bulbs!

How many Vulcans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Approximately 1.00000000000000001

How many Borg does it take to screw in a light bulb?
One, but the whole collective enjoys the experience!

Why couldn't the astronaut land on the moon?
It was already full!

What did the astronaut cook for lunch?
An unidentified frying object!

How did the astronaut serve dinner in outer space?
On flying saucers!

What's the best way to talk to a Martian?
Long distance!

Why is it Captain Kirk never tells Marts jokes at a party?
There may be some at the party.

What drugs are Martian athletes tested for?
Fertilizer.

Why is sunbathing unpopular on Mars?
Martians are afraid to wilt.

Why do Martians have 2 antennas on their head?
To receive in stereo.

What's the most popular snack on Mars?
Marsmallows.

Why are there no Martian tourists at the Grand Canyon?
Theirs is much bigger.
Hey, it just looks like home.

How does Luke Skywalker get from one planet to another?
Ewoks

                 LIGHTS

How many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. That's a hardware problem.

How many hardware people does it take to change a light bulb?
None. They let marketing portray the dead bulb as a feature.

How many Marxists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None: The light bulb contains the seeds of its own revolution.

How many college football players does it take to change a light bulb?
The entire team! And they all get a semester's credit for it!

How many poets does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. One to curse the darkness, one to light a candle and 
     one to change the bulb.

How many magicians does it take to change a lightbulb?
One, but she changes it into a rabbit.

How many Mac users does it take to change a light bulb?
None. You have to replace the whole motherboard.

How does a spoiled rich girl change a lightbulb? 
She says, "Daddy, I want a new apartment."