Brit Speak: Difference between Fireman and Soldier?

[Steve]

Found this in a list of Kid's jokes at CBBC Newsround-

Q: What is the difference between a fireman and a soldier?

A: You can't dip a fireman in your egg.

Sorry, but I don't get it.

How or why CAN you dip a soldier in your egg?

It's got to be a British thing.

These Joke on the Newsround site were all really lame kid jokes, but
according to a different page on humor Brit's found this joke
extremely hilarious.

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And it took three months (of research) to find out that Brits giggled
most at this Sherlock Holmes joke.


Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent
under the stars and go to sleep. Some time in the middle of the night,
Holmes wakes Watson up. "Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me
what you deduce."

Watson says: "I see millions of stars and even if a few of those have
planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like Earth; and if
there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life."

Holmes replies: "Watson, you idiot, somebody stole our tent!" 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_1889000/1889788.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_1721000/1721308.stm

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