What do eggs do when a deadline is near?
They hard-boil under pressure.
Joke analysis
Technique: Situational. The punchline comes from placing a chicken in a recognizable human situation, and letting the situation do the work.
Our panel of humor specialists, all of them hens, scored this one 3 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
9,285 readers groaned. 1,903 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
Monday standups, or wedding toasts at the barn. Do not tell during a rooster crowing contest.
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