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People are sharing “hilarious jokes that take a few seconds to get” and they’re very amusing indeed

Cdd_ over on Reddit asked, “What joke is hilarious, but takes a few seconds to get?”

And people replied in their droves.

Some of these jokes you’ll need to read twice, some will make you groan but some will make you smile, but all 23 we’ve selected here are the very best:

There was a prison break and I saw a midget climb up the fence, and as he jumped down he sneered at me and I thought, well that’s a little condescending.

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Remains to be seen if glass coffins become popular

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I was walking through the cemetery and saw a guy crouching behind a tombstone. I said, “Morning..”. He said, “No. Taking a shit.”

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A group of engineers are on a boat and are out on a cigarette break. However, none of them have a lighter. One engineer gets a great idea, and throws a cigarette off the boat. Suddenly, the whole boat becomes a cigarette lighter.

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Two nuns are biking down a cobblestone path when one nun says to the other, “I’ve never come this way before.” The other nun replies, “Must be the cobblestones.”

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I still remember when my mom used to tuck me in as a kid. Man she really wanted a daughter.

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A guy was nailing his interview when the employer said “well you look great but I see here there was a 7 year gap since your last job, what happened there?”.
The guy says “oh I went to yale”.
The employer: “oh great!! Well you’re hired, you start monday”
Guy: “Yay! I got a yob!”

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Have you any two-watt bulbs?
For what?
That’ll do. I’ll take two.
Two what?
I thought you didn’t have any.
Any what?
Yes please.

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I bought my friend an elephant for his room.
He said, “Thanks.”
I said, “Don’t mention it.”

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A beautiful woman walks into a bar. The barkeep asks, “What’ll you have?” She replies, “I’d like a double entendre, please.” So he gives it to her.

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Dad – “Did you know that if you pour salt on a cat’s tail it will fall off?”.
Son – “Really?”.
Dad – “Yup. If you pour pepper on a cat’s tail it will fall off, too.”

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Three little old ladies were sitting on a park bench, and a man in a trench coat walked over and flashed them! Two of the little old ladies immediately had a stroke, but the third one didn’t want to touch it.

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Shoutout to the people who don’t know what the opposite of in is

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My friend was about to get attacked by a duck. I tried to warn him, but it only made it worse.

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“If I saw an amputee getting hanged, I’d just start shouting out letters.”

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How do you think the unthinkable?
With an ithberg.

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There is a lesbian couple next door to me, and for christmas they bought me a rolex.
I think they misunderstood.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4h629u/what_joke_is_hilarious_but_takes_a_few_seconds_to/?sort=top