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Foxes and Fences joke

Technique: Pun. Groan rating: 3 out of 5.

Why did the security hen keep her eggs encrypted?

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

7,954 readers groaned. 3,226 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.

Best told at

First dates between hens, or egg-carton unboxings. Contains traces of corn.

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