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An elephant joke is a joke that involves an elephant. The joke usually relates to the relative size and/or weight of the mammal.

Example:

:Q: What time is it when an elephant sits on your car? :A: Time to get a new car.

Most elephant jokes, such as the one above, still make sense when another animal is substituted, although generally only as long as the animal is large and heavy, like a hippopotamus.

Elephant jokes are often told in succession, in large numbers, with individual jokes being not especially funny, but the humor builds as one joke advances on previous ones. For example:

:Q: How do you get an elephant into the fridge? :A: 1. Open door. 2. Insert elephant. 3. Close door.

:Q: How do you get a giraffe into the fridge? :A: 1. Open door. 2. Remove elephant. 3. Insert giraffe. 4. Close door.

:Q: The king of the jungle, the lion, decided to have a party. He invited every animal in the jungle, but one didn't come. Which one? :A: The giraffe, because it was stuck in the fridge.

:Q: Two explorers attempt to cross a crocodile-infested stream. How do they manage to get across? :A: They simply wade (or swim) across. The crocodiles are at the lion's party.

Elephant jokes are frequently nonsensical, and may in some cases be anti-jokes:

:Q: How do you shoot a blue elephant? :A: With a blue elephant gun, of course.

:Q: How do you shoot a yellow elephant? :A: Have you ever seen a yellow elephant?

Finally, there are a number of riddles to which the answer is "elephant" that rely on a play on the word "trunk", for instance:

:Q: What has four legs and is always ready to travel?

This joke was used in the movie Die Hard With a Vengeance.

Standand variants

Other elephant jokes

Q: Why are elephants wrinkled? A: They are too difficult to iron.

Q: How many elephants fit in a compact car? A: None.

Q: Why did the elephant lie down on the sidewalk? A: To trip ants.

Q: What did the hunter say upon seeing the elephants coming? A: Here come the elephants.

Often followed up later in the conversation with:

Q: What did the hunter say upon seeing the elephants coming wearing dark glasses? A: Nothing, he couldn't recognize them.

Riddle

A special category of elephant joke often involves a riddle wrapped in an apparent size paradox concluding with a fanciful conclusion.

Example: Question by jokester: How do you get an elephant in a bottle?

Answer: After much head scratching .... get a large bottle, etc.

Punchline:No (the answer is always wrong so you can present your punchline, be prepared to laugh and acquiesce if the joke's target comes up with a better answer than you have prepared) ... first you look at it backwards through the Hubble Telescope while a buddy in an Aardvark drops a smart nano bottle on it.

The Elephant in the Refrigerator

The following series of elephant jokes can serve as an example of faulty or specious logic. Once one absurd premise is accepted (an elephant can fit inside a refrigator), a whole system of faulty logic can be created.

Q: How do you know an elephant has been in your refrigerator? A: There are a set of elephant tracks in the butter.

Q: How do you know there has been two elephants in your refrigerator? A: There are two sets of elephant tracks in the butter.

Q: How many elephants can you fit in a Volkswagen? A: Four. Two in the front, two in the back.

Q: How do you know there are three elephants in your refrigerator? A: You can't close the door.

Q: How do you know there are four elephants in your refrigerator? A: The Volkswagen is parked out front!

The Elephant in the Refrigerator joke is also told in Japan, perhaps playing on the word for elephant (象 - zou) being inserted into the word for refrigerator (冷蔵庫 - reizouko). The same joke is heard in English, but without the underlying pun.

Q: How do you put an elephant into the refrigerator? A: Open the door, insert elephant, close door.

Q: How do you put a giraffe into the refrigerator? A: Open door, remove elephant, insert giraffe, close door.

The expected answer the joke recipient would give to the latter, is to simply open the door, put in the giraffe, and close the door - without taking the elephant out! This is the essence of the humour.

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