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December 2003
It's a cracker
Harry Enfield
Someone who appreciates a good cracker joke

Christmas dinner wouldn't be complete without a cracker to pull.

And the jokes inside, well they keep you laughing for the rest of the day!

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FACTS

Tom Smith is credited with inventing the Christmas cracker way back in 1847.

In Victorian times the mottos found inside crackers were traditionally love verses.

They were eventually replaced by puzzles and cartoons and then the traditional jokes we find today.

Tom's son Walter was the person who put hats in crackers.

Today Tom Smith Group is a subsidiary of Napier Industries, the largest manufacturer of crackers in the world.

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If you can't wait to pull your own cracker then here's an instant fix.

Some of the best Christmas Cracker jokes on offer.

If you think you can do better (or worse) send some to us.

Have you heard the one about...?
What do you call Santa's little helpers?
Subordinate clauses!
John Crofts
What did baby corn say to mummy corn?
Where's popcorn?
What's white and goes up?
A confused snowflake
What has 22 legs and 2 wings but can't fly?
A football team
What sort of sentence would you get if you broke the law of gravity?
A suspended one!
How do snowmen get around?
They ride an icicle
How do monkeys make toast?
Stick some bread under the gorilla!
How do witches tell the time?
With a witch-watch!
What do you get if you cross a cowboy with an octopus?
Billy the squid!
What do you get if you cross a hen with a bedside clock?
An alarm cluck!
What song did Cinderella sing as she waited four months for her photos to come back from the chemist?
'Some day my prints will come!'
What's grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow?
An elephant rolling down a hill with a daisy in its mouth!
Why do women have orgasms?
It gives them one extra reason to moan.
What is Santa's favourite pizza?
One that's deep pan, crisp and even
Who hides in the bakery at Christmas?
A mince spy!
What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
Tinsilitis!
Why did the golfer wear an extra pair of trousers?
In case he got a hole in one
What do you call just married spiders?
Newly-webs
Why did the tightrope walker visit his bank?
To check his balance
Why was the Egyptian boy confused?
Because his daddy was a mummy
What kind of paper likes music?
(W)rapping paper.


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