5 cracker jokes guaranteed to make you groan this Christmas
Researchers at MBNA have cracked the formula of what makes the perfect cracker joke.
It seems it all comes down to the loudness of your groan.
Their perfect cracker joke formula is as follows:
"Audible Groan = Question/Lexical ambiguity + (Awful punchline x Anticlimactic realisation)"
“The loader the groan, the better the joke” says Andrew Hill, Chief Jokes Writer at Emporium Crackers.
“A good Christmas cracker joke must be ‘bad’! The joke could be the first point of conversation between people sat around a table and they should be able to agree on something - that the joke is bad!” - The Elves Manager at Simply Crackers, Tony Pressendo.
Here are 5 cracker jokes that should achieve optimal groan levels according to the MBNA formula.
1. What is Santa’s favourite pizza? One that’s deep pan, crisp and even
2. What do you call a train loaded with toffees? A chew chew train
3. What’s the best Christmas present you could receive? A broken drum, you just can’t beat it!
4. What happened to the man who stole the Advent Calendar? He got 25 days
5. What’s white and goes up? A confused snowflake
