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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Christmas cracker joke matching quiz

What lies in a pram and wobbles?

A jelly-baby ?

Why did the tomato blush?

Because it saw the salad dressing ?

How do you hire a horse?

Stand it on four bricks ?

Christmas cracker jokes are notoriously bad, relying heavily on awful puns (word play). Mouse over the ? above for explanations.

Here is a matching quiz, based on somebody's list of the best of the worst.Try and match the beginnings and endings. If you need help (but only if), mouse over the hint buttons ? to set you thinking in the right direction.

Click and drop - Click on a word or expression on the right (abc etc - in grey) and then on its corresponding box(123 etc). If you change your mind just repeat the process.

Match the beginnings and endings of these Christmas cracker jokes

1.	What do you call a penguin in the Sahara Desert?	a)	Do you think he saw us? ?
2.	Why did the scientist install a knocker on his door?	b)	Lost ?
3.	What does the word minimum mean?	c)	'It's Christmas, Eve!' ?
4.	Why don't you see penguins in Britain?	d)	A vicious circle ?
5.	What do you call a one eyed dinosaur?	e)	He wanted to win the no-bell prize ?
6.	Who or what goes oh, oh oh?	f)	To do long sentences ?
7.	What's round and bad tempered?	g)	A sick note ?
8.	What did Adam yell on the day before Christmas (or maybe on Christmas day)?	h)	Because they're afraid of Wales ?
9.	Why do pens get sent to prison?	i)	A very small mother ?
10.	What do you get from a piano that's not feeling well?	j)	Santa walking backwards ?