Why did the hen get fired?
She kept laying people off.
Joke analysis
Technique: Pun. A straightforward pun: one phrase, two readings, no apologies.
Our panel of humor specialists, all of them hens, scored this one 3 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
5,094 readers groaned. 2,388 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
Incident calls (only after resolution), or first dates between hens. Side effects include eye-rolling and a faint smile.
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