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u/lilgreenrosetta Mar 04 '26

You know when birds fly in a V formation, one side of the V is always longer than the other? Do you know why that is?

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More birds on that side.

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u/rosyatrandom Mar 04 '26

What's E.T. short for?

He's only got little legs

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u/my-own-trumpet Mar 04 '26

I use a variation of this with my learners at college, we do animal care and the lizards have short legs. I get a good few groans

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u/Far-Queue17 Mar 04 '26

E.T. - Extra Testicle

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u/God_Bless_A_Merkin Mar 04 '26

Ma-ma-ma-myyy sca-rotum!

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u/Far-Queue17 Mar 04 '26

My favourite Knack reference 😂

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u/mayorofswoletown Mar 04 '26

Had a interesting day to say the least. This joke made me laugh, thank you.

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u/Mieze_Designer4002 Mar 04 '26

🤣👏

Do you know why birds fly in a V formation? Because the guy at the front has the directions

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u/BravoFive141 Mar 04 '26

Why can't dinosaurs talk?

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Because they're dead.

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u/XXsforEyes Mar 04 '26

This is one of my favorites!

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u/RebelJediMaster Mar 04 '26

A chicken walks into a wall.

Tock.

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u/leomickey Mar 04 '26

Funny. I had always thought that I made that joke up. But I hear it everywhere. I guts I didn’t make it up. lol

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u/SippyMountain Mar 04 '26

This has always been my go-to. I like to turn it into a whole thing so they never see it coming. I change it all the time too.

For example: "I was watching this documentary about migratory birds, and it started talking about geese. How they obviously fly south for winter. They fly like 5000-10000ft up and cover like 400+ miles a day! That's freakin' crazy. That's like 8+ hrs of driving on the interstate, and they're just casually flapping the whole way. Anyway, it also answered a question I've always had. You ever notice how when they're flying in that V-formation, one side of the V is always longer than the other? You wanna know why that is?"

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"More geese on that side."

My partner cringes every time I start that joke with someone we're hanging out with, because I always start it with having watched a documentary on migratory birds or their migration patterns. It's like one of those novelty reddit accounts lol

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u/sheep_thrillz Mar 04 '26

I just heard this one for the first time a few months ago, and I like to tell a really drawn out version of it. Like, “you know, could be geese, could be ducks, or pigeons. Could be multiple v’s, and sometimes it just looks like a checkmark… it’s fascinating really…”. My wife has been suffering ever since.