51 Seriously Funny Jokes to Tell Your Friends

From clever one-liners to polar bear jokes, these 51 jokes offer something for almost every sense of humour. The collection also includes jokes for kids, adults, friends and anyone who appreciates a quick punchline.

Best Jokes to Tell Your Friends

A good joke to tell your friends should be short, easy to remember and deliver a punchline they do not see coming.

1. My friend said, “What rhymes with orange?”I said, “No, it doesn’t.”
2. I told my friend she drew her eyebrows too high.She looked surprised.
3. Two fish are sitting in a tank.One turns to the other and asks, “Do you know how to drive this thing?”
4. A man walked into a library and asked for a book about Pavlov’s dog and Schrödinger’s cat.The librarian said, “It rings a bell, but I’m not sure whether it’s here.”
5. My friend asked why I carry a pencil behind my ear.I said, “I’m not sure. I’ve forgotten where I put my pen.”

More jokes: Parade has a large collection of short jokes.

Funny One-Liners

Funny one-liners deliver the whole joke in a single sentence, making them easy to remember and share.

1. I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.
2. I told my suitcase there would be no holiday this year. Now I’m dealing with emotional baggage.
3. I have a joke about construction, but I’m still working on it.
4. My calendar looks worried because its days are numbered.
5. I entered ten puns in a competition, hoping one would win. No pun in ten did.

More one-liners: Pun.me has more than 100 one-liner jokes.

Seriously Funny Jokes

These seriously funny jokes combine quick setups with punchlines that arrive from an unexpected direction.

1. A burglar broke into my house and started searching for money.I got up and helped him.
2. My boss told me to have a good day.So I went home.
3. My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30 in the morning.Luckily, I was still awake playing the drums.
4. The interviewer asked, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”I replied, “I would say my biggest weakness is listening.”
5. I asked the librarian whether the library had any books about paranoia.She whispered, “They’re right behind you.”

More jokes: Readers can rate the jokes in the Pun.me collection.

Funny Jokes for Kids

These funny jokes for kids are clean, easy to understand and suitable for sharing with family or classmates.

1. Why did the teddy bear refuse dessert?Because it was already stuffed.
2. What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?A dino-snore.
3. Why was the maths book unhappy?It had too many problems.
4. What did the ocean say to the beach?Nothing. It just waved.
5. Why did the student eat their homework?The teacher said it was a piece of cake.

For animal humour: Beano has jokes about cats, dogs, dinosaurs and other animals.

Funny Jokes for Adults

Funny jokes for adults often draw on familiar problems involving work, money, relationships and getting older.

1. My partner told me I should embrace my mistakes.So I gave her a hug.
2. My doctor told me to watch my drinking.Now I do it in front of a mirror.
3. My bank called to say my account was outstanding.I thanked them for finally noticing.
4. I bought a book called How to Solve Half Your Problems.I bought two copies just to be safe.
5. My boss asked why I only get sick on working days.I said my weekends are too important to waste.

Still laughing? Reader’s Digest Australia has 15 witty bar jokes that are easy to remember.

Dad Jokes

Dad jokes rely on obvious puns, questionable logic and punchlines that are almost guaranteed to produce a groan.

1. Can you make me a sandwich?Poof! You’re a sandwich.
2. Why did Dad take a pencil to bed?He wanted to draw the curtains.
3. I asked Dad whether he knew all 26 letters of the alphabet.He said, “I know 25 of them. I don’t know Y.”
4. Dad tried to organise a hide-and-seek tournament.He gave up because good players were hard to find.
5. I told Dad the car was making a strange noise.He turned up the radio so we could no longer hear it.

Need more groaners? BBC Science Focus has collected 101 dad jokes.

Knock-Knock Jokes

Knock-knock jokes turn a familiar question-and-answer routine into a quick pun or unexpected reply.

1. Knock, knock.Who’s there?Lettuce.Lettuce who?Lettuce in. It’s cold out here.
2. Knock, knock.Who’s there?Nobel.Nobel who?No bell, which is why I knocked.
3. Knock, knock.Who’s there?Atch.Atch who?Bless you!
4. Knock, knock.Who’s there?Cow says.Cow says who?No, a cow says “moo.”
5. Knock, knock.Who’s there?Control freak.Control freak—Okay, now you say, “Control freak who?”

Keep knocking: Reader’s Digest Australia has 25 more knock-knock jokes to try.

Polar Bear Jokes

Polar bear jokes combine Arctic animals with suitably chilly puns.

1. What do polar bears eat for lunch?Ice-burgers.
2. What do you call a polar bear in the jungle?Lost.
3. Why did the polar bear sit on the iceberg?It wanted to chill out.
4. Where do polar bears keep their money?In a snow bank.
5. How does a polar bear stop a movie?It presses the paws button.

More polar bear jokes: Loving Homeschool has another 83 chilly punchlines.

Puns and Wordplay

Puns create humour by exploiting words that sound alike or have more than one meaning.

1. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.Then it hit me.
2. The past, present and future walked into a bar.It was tense.
3. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity.It’s impossible to put down.
4. What do you call a broken pencil?Pointless.
5. I bought some Velcro yesterday.What a rip-off.

More wordplay: Pun.me lets readers vote on a ranked collection of 100 puns.

Cheeky Jokes for Adults

These cheeky jokes for adults are mildly suggestive without becoming explicit.

1. My partner asked me to whisper something dirty in their ear.I said, “The oven needs cleaning.”
2. I told my date I was excellent in bed.I can sleep for ten hours without moving.
3. My partner said our relationship needed more romance.So I turned off the Wi-Fi and lit a candle.
4. I asked my date whether they believed in love at first sight.They said, “Maybe walk past me again.”
5. I told my partner they were my better half.They said, “That explains your half.”
6. My partner asked what I found most attractive about them.I said, “Your willingness to accept dishonest answers.”

For grown-ups only: Parade has a collection that takes the humour considerably further.

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