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Britain's worst Xmas cracker joke

Britons have been voting in a new survey to find the nation's worst Christmas cracker joke.

And the winner was: What is Santa's favourite pizza? One that's deep pan, crisp and even!

University of Sheffield's Professor of Linguistics Professor Andrew Linn commented: "The essence of a fine joke is clever and original use of language, often exploiting some sort of ambiguity.

"This joke has been voted the worst Christmas cracker joke because it is almost too clever. It uses ambiguity in how the words are put together (deep (p)an') as well as contextual ambiguity (pizzas and a Christmas carol). In short, once you get it, it's a real groaner!"

But even though the gag was voted worst overall, it divided the nation with many voting it their favourite.

More than 200 people picked their worst and favourite cracker jokes from a list of 50 in the poll for Nuts magazine.

Nuts jokes editor Adam Ralph said: "The gags in crackers are normally so bad that everyone laughs at the stupidity of them. That's what brings everyone together and it would almost be a shame if manufactures tried to make them too clever."

The Top 10 worst Christmas cracker jokes were:

1) What is Santa's favourite pizza? One that's deep pan, crisp and even

2) On which side do chickens have most feathers? On the outside

3) What kind of paper likes music? (W)rapping paper

4) What's white and goes up? A confused snowflake

5) What do you call a woman who stands between two goal posts? Annette

6) Did you hear about the man who bought a paper shop? It blew away.

7) What's furry and minty? A polo bear

8) How do snowmen get around? They ride an icicle

9) Who hides in the bakery at Christmas? A mince spy!

10) What do you call a penguin in the Sahara desert? Lost



I am not british so I did learn that Christmas crackers are cookies that are a tradition at Christmas and have something like a chinese fortune in them. I als found out that a polo is a brand name for a mint in Briton so I understand joke #7.

But I cannot figure out WTF #1 means
Please explain.

 

It's a play on the second line of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas":

Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even

That's pretty lame, even by my standards.

 

Who told you that? Whoever it was, wasn't British! It's not true at all.

 

I'm not British, but even I know what a Christmas cracker is (it helps to be an Anglophile). My wife and I bought a few last year.

I personally liked the joke -- I'll have to see if there's anyone around I can try it out on.

 

Wikipedia article on Christmas crackers (or Bon Bon's as we occasionally call em down here).
Nice spotting Splunge! I had no idea...only knowing the chorus of Good King Wenceslas probably didn't help

 

Actually, I didn't get it at first either. Had to do some sleuthing...