Cracker Joke

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 7133

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Jim Flanagan" <jamesf at a...> wrote:
> I got a virtual cracker from the following site:
>   http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/
> 
> The joke was:  "What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?"
> 
> Answer:  "Bill."
> 
> Can someone translate this from British into American for me?  Or 
are 
> cracker jokes not only bad, but pointless?
> 
> -Jim Flanagan

Hi Jim and all:

I think the pun is on the man's name Bill and the seagull's bill.  I 
agree that it's a bad joke, but I think that's the point.

This was my joke--

Q:  What do you get when you cross a caterpillar with a parrot?

A:  A walky-talky.

Equally revolting in my humble opinion.  But sounds like fun... 
especially after you've gorged on rich food and booze.  It sounds 
like something my college roommates would have laughed over until our 
stomachs hurt at three o' clock in the morning or a similar ungodly 
hour.

Actually, did any other Americans have an eerie sense of deja vu when 
confronted with the Christmas crackers?  Now that I know what they 
are, I am almost certain I've run across something very similar 
before amongst Fourth of July items or at a long-ago carnival.  Can 
anyone help?

BTW, any speculation about wizarding Christmas crackers?

--Ebony