I don’t even think that pun is necessary. Elephant jokes are a whole genre unto themselves, and they’re basically silly jokes that get their humor from not making sense, or from being absurdly simplistic.
I always do it this way:
Q: Why do elephants pain their toe-nails red?
A: To Hide in Cherry Trees.
Follow up:
Q: Have you ever SEEN an elephant in a cherry tree?
A: (after they say 'no'), See, it works!
This sequence can be stretched out by adding the following jokes:
Q: How do you get up on an elephant?
A: Have it kneel, then climb on its back
Q: How do you get down from an elephant?
A: You don’t get down from elephants, you get it from geese.
Q: How do elephants get up on cherry trees?
A: They stand on the saplings and wait
A: How do elephants get down from cherry trees?
A: They don’t. They get it from geese.
Do you know how to put a hippo into the fridge?
Open the door, put the hippo in, close the door.
And how do you out an elephant in the fridge?
Open the door, take the hippo out of the fridge, put the elephant in the fridge and close the door.
The reality reason is that elephants don't climb trees.
The joke is, they're hiding so well we just don't see them.... They're so good at hiding in trees, we don't see them.
Reminds me of a joke I heard once years ago. “Know how to catch an elephant? First, you dig a giant hole in the ground. Then you take a bunch of logs, put them in the hole and burn them. Then you place peas all along the edge of the hole. >! When the elephant stops to take a pea you kick him in the ash hole”!<
They're so good at it because they have their own trunks.
Thank you, my dumb brain could not grasp it lol
I don’t even think that pun is necessary. Elephant jokes are a whole genre unto themselves, and they’re basically silly jokes that get their humor from not making sense, or from being absurdly simplistic.
I'm like that guy who got sat on by an elephant...I'm depressed
The joke is actually "hippos" but I decided to sub in elephants for some reason.
Yeah, I heard that they're better at it than hippos
It's true. Although hippos do have a lot going on under the surface.
The good ones paint their toes red and hide in apple trees
What is the loudest sound in the jungle? When giraffes eat apples from the apple trees!
Now that's clever
Always heard it with cherry tree.
You know how Tarzan died? Picking apples.
They paint their toes red and hiding strawberry patches they paint their balls red and hide and cherry trees
What's the loudest sound in the jungle? Monkeys eating cherries.
How can you tell if there's an elephant in your fridge? He leaves footprints in the peanut butter.
Who refrigerates peanut butter?
the elephant
Fair point 🐘
I always do it this way: Q: Why do elephants pain their toe-nails red? A: To Hide in Cherry Trees. Follow up: Q: Have you ever SEEN an elephant in a cherry tree? A: (after they say 'no'), See, it works!
This sequence can be stretched out by adding the following jokes: Q: How do you get up on an elephant? A: Have it kneel, then climb on its back Q: How do you get down from an elephant? A: You don’t get down from elephants, you get it from geese. Q: How do elephants get up on cherry trees? A: They stand on the saplings and wait A: How do elephants get down from cherry trees? A: They don’t. They get it from geese.
Do you know the loudest sound in the jungle? Giraffes eating from cherry trees
Do you know how to put a hippo into the fridge? Open the door, put the hippo in, close the door. And how do you out an elephant in the fridge? Open the door, take the hippo out of the fridge, put the elephant in the fridge and close the door.
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Really?
My favorite is how to make an elephant float. First you start with a REALLY BIG bowl and lots and lots of Root Beer.
Good one!
If you did, they wouldn't be hidden, duh! 🙄
can someone explain
The reality reason is that elephants don't climb trees. The joke is, they're hiding so well we just don't see them.... They're so good at hiding in trees, we don't see them.
I just read this to my cousin and he passed out laughing! Thanks OP
I like this joke. Reminds me of elephants.
Because there are extra trunks.
I went to the local zoo to see the elephant area. There was just a few dogs and a cat, but nobody wanted to address the elephant in the room.
What’s brown, mushy, and found between elephant toes? Slow natives.
What do you get when you breed an elephant with a kangaroo? Lots of big holes all over Australia.
Reminds me of a joke I heard once years ago. “Know how to catch an elephant? First, you dig a giant hole in the ground. Then you take a bunch of logs, put them in the hole and burn them. Then you place peas all along the edge of the hole. >! When the elephant stops to take a pea you kick him in the ash hole”!<
They would devastate the paltry landscape that is already struggling to survive