Grandad Jokes, Batch #49

Richard Seltzer
2 min readMay 9, 2022
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From the Never Grow Up section of the book Grandad Jokes.

776

What did the Jewish lady say about the Protestant singer?

He has an amazing goyce

777

Alice in Wonderland invited a French chef to her tea party.

He was known as the Mad Hauter

778

Why was it that Rose, the tennis pro, never held her racket with two hands?

She didn’t want to be known as Second Hand Rose

779

What do you call a mythical bird who runs an employment agency?

A jobberwocky

780

Who are the grossest sailors in the world?

The Volgar boatmen.

781

A wheat farmer from Nebraska

was so worried about details of his crop

that he got my grains.

782

Why did the recruiter for the fruit army seek out raisins and prunes?

Because they are dried and true.

783

Why was Satan’s restaurant popular?

Because the food was hellthy.

784

What happened when Kafka jumped on a trampoline?

The Czech bounced.

785

Someone who seriously thinks ahead plans for

threemorrow.

786

What kind of car does a wealthy chef drive?

A Caviac

787

When the Quakers first came to America,

they sailed in a friend ship.

788

A cat-erpillar becomes a butterfly.

What does a dog-erpillar become?

an angel

789

When guardian snowmen were placed around the palace,

what did they say to intruders?

Ice see you.

790

When the head chef ran into difficulties,

he told his staff

there is no insupperable problem.

791

What would you say if you saw a Chinese vase hanging over a wishing well?

That’s over well Ming.

792

What is the ability to do great things?

Greativity

793

What is the most responsible season?

Ought-um

794

Jerry Lee Lewis was Jewish, and his favorite holiday was Passover.

How do we know this?

Because he wrote the song

Great Matza Balls of Fire.

795

When he retired, the founder of the ROTC became a photographer of celebrities.

Then he became known as Pappa ROTC

796

How did the Peruvian police catch the international criminal?

He was on the llama.

797

What kind of explosives did they use in the Jurassic Age?

Dinomite

798

What mathematical skill is most important for time travel?

Memorizing the times tables.

799

Did you hear about the baby vegetable

who dreamed of becoming a boy sprout?

800

Have you ever been to a symphony of flowers

played by an orchid stra?

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Richard Seltzer

His recent books include Echoes from the Attic, Grandad Jokes, Lizard of Oz, Shakespeare'sTwin Sister, To Gether Tales. and Parallel Lives, seltzerbooks.com