This cracker joke bamboozles people every Christmas and 2018 was no different
This rubbish Christmas cracker joke has become as much a part of the festive tradition as watching the Queen’s speech and checking what time the Boxing Day sales start.
This year it was BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker’s turn to share his confusion with the world.
https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/1077576846571696129
And he wasn’t alone. Of course he wasn’t alone.
Had it last year. Ruined Xmas Day
— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) December 25, 2018
Same here @mrdanwalker , just had a massive debate after dinner! 🙄 pic.twitter.com/bUP31pbWY0
— Robbie Bruce (@wba_robbie) December 25, 2018
Except, well, there IS an explanation, there really is. The biggest mystery is why no-one’s bothered to correct it.
Had that last year. Good to see no one’s been bothered to sort it out in the mean time. The world of crackers is in sfae hdans
— David (@DavidJMcGaughey) December 25, 2018
And here it is.
Think it's supposed to say Coffin Medicine?
— Ian Lewis (@ianplewis_2409) December 25, 2018
It’s a font thing, see.
It's a simple typo where the font the printers used doesn't have the ffi symbol (all joined together rather than separate letters). Should be coffin medicine. Still a crap joke.
— Christmas Hearn (@cjhearn) December 25, 2018
And this is what it looks like when it’s done properly.
— Leigh Bill (@LMcCloskey10) December 25, 2018
