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Have a little fun with these Thanksgiving jokes

By Newburyport Macaroni Kid November 20, 2019

Just to get the kids laughing this Thanksgiving, here's a collection of silly jokes and riddles that I hope will bring a smile to you and your family. There might even be a few classic "Dad jokes" in here or as my husband says "I think you mean Rad jokes". 

Q: Why did the police arrest the turkey?
A: They suspected it of fowl play!

Q: How did the Pilgrims bring their cows to America?
A: On the Mooooo-flower.

Q: What should you wear to Thanksgiving dinner?
A: A har-vest!

Q: Who is never hungry on Thanksgiving?
A: The turkey because he’s already stuffed!

Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
A: To get to the other side.

Q: How many cranberries grow on a bush?
A: All of them.

Q: Why don’t you put the turkey near the corn?
A: Because it will gobble, gobble, gobble it up.

Q: What do comedians call Thanksgiving?
A: Pranks-giving.

Q: What do vampires call Thanksgiving?
A: Fangs-giving.

Q: What’s the key to a great Thanksgiving dinner?
A: The turKEY.

Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
A: Pilgrims!

Q: What kind of music did the Pilgrims like to listen to?
A: Plymouth Rock.

Q: Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
A: The outside!

Q: Who was the drummer in the Thanksgiving band?
A: The turkey, because he had the drumsticks!

Q: What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?
A: The turkey trot!

Q: Why do pilgrims pants keep falling down?
A: Because their belt buckles are on their hats!

Q: What sound does a turkey’s phone make?
A: Wing! Wing!

Q: Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?
A: Yes – a building can’t jump at all.

Q: Why do turkeys always go, “gobble, gobble”?
A: Because they never learned good table manners!

Q: What do you get it you cross a turkey with an octopus?
A: Enough drumsticks for Thanksgiving!

Q: Why did the Pilgrims eat turkey at Thanksgiving?
A: Because they couldn’t fit the moose in the oven!

Q: What does a Pilgrim call his friends?
A: Pal-grims.

Q: What should you wear to Thanksgiving dinner?
A: A har-vest.

Q: What can you never eat for Thanksgiving dinner?
A: Breakfast or lunch.

Q: What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving?
A: The letter G.

Q: Where do turkeys go to dance?
A: The Butterball.

Q: When did the Pilgrims first say, “God bless America”?
A: The first time they heard America sneeze.

Q: Why didn’t the Pilgrims tell secrets in the cornfield?
A: Because the corn had ears.

Q: What happened when the turkey got into a fight?
A: He got the stuffing knocked out of him!

Q: What do you get when you cross a turkey with a banjo?
A: A turkey that can pluck itself!

Q: Why did they let the turkey join the band?
A: Because he had the drumsticks!

Q: What do you call a running turkey?
A: Fast food.

Q: What did the turkey say to the computer?
A: Google, google, google!

Q: What was the turkey looking for at Toys ‘R Us?
A: Gobbleheads.

Q: If you call a large turkey a gobbler what do you call a small one?
A: Goblet.

Happy Thanksgiving!