Daily jokes and cartoons 36/80
- Good day to you! I cannot cross this river. Could you make me a bridge, elder master? - Weeell... I've grown rather old, my back is killing me and my knees hurt... Still, the old man made a bridge. (The joke being that "making a bridge" also refers to a gymnastic exercise where you bend over backwards.)
Daily jokes and cartoons 34/80
Another name for the arm wrestling champion? - A conductor. (The joke is that Conductor is called "karmester" in Hungarian. "kar" also means "arm" and "mester" is "master").
Daily jokes and cartoons 33/80
- And which tree is your favorite, children? - Our chocolate tree ("Our tree" is "Fánk" in Hungarian, which is the same word for doughnut)
Daily jokes and cartoons 31/80
Why is the runner-up fencing champion sad? - Because she was an arm's length from victory. (In Hungarian, "arm" is "kar", while "sword" is "kard". So she was "a sword length from victory".)
Daily jokes and cartoons 30/80
What do you call the wife of a silkworm? - Silkwife (this is not funny at all in English, however, in Hungarian "silk" is "selyem", which sounds close to "nejem", meaning "my wife". So literally the punchline is "My wife worm.")
Daily jokes and cartoons 28/80
A "joke" (sad truth) about climate change. "Fok" is "degrees" in Hungarian, and "fokozhatatlan" means "cannot be escalated". So it goes something like: "30 degrees, 40 degrees, 50 degrees, Cannot be (degre)escalated...
Daily jokes and cartoons 26/80
This one is almost impossible to describe... One apple asks the other their apple type: "Birs?" (This type is called "quince " in English). But "birs" is similar to "birsz", meaning "Do you like me?" said with a lisp. And the answer is "More than that, I love you", said with a lisp. In short the joke is that the second apple thinks that the first is asking if they like them or not, answering "yesh", signaling that they have a lisp.
Daily jokes and cartoons 25/80
A fun concept: Little Red Riding Hood is called "Little Red" in Hungarian, or "Piroska". Vampire is spelled "Vámpír". So combining the two, we get "Vámpíroska"
Daily jokes and cartoons 24/80
- Dad, if we know where something is, is it lost? - No son. If we know where it is, it's not lost. - Good. Then I didn't lose the car keys in the river.
Daily jokes and cartoons 23/80
Help me doctor, I keep imagining bugs in front of my face. (starts waving his hand around, to which the Doctor responds: "Nooo! Don't wave them towards me!!!"
Daily jokes and cartoons 21/80
What makes the thunder god so strong? - He exercises a lot ("exercise" being "torna" in Hungarian, combining "Thor" with "torna".)
Daily jokes and cartoons 20/80
Which spice is a beaver's favourite? - Cinnamon. ("Fahéj" in Hungarian, which has the words "Fa" as in "tree" and "héj" as in "shell or skin of a fruit or nut", referring to the bark of the tree.)
Daily jokes and cartoons 19/80
What do you call someone who tells your fortune from food items? - A gastrologist. (This pun works in English as well, it's mixing gastronomy with astrology)
Daily jokes and cartoons 18/80
Two fried eggs are talking in the pan: - Man, it's really hot in here... - says one. - HEEEELP ME! THERE'S A TALKING FRIED EGG HERE! - screams the other.
Daily jokes and cartoons 17/80
Where do they make Christmas toys? - In a manufactory. (With "Manu" being close to "Manó", which is "Elf" in Hungarian. So basically, the "Elfactory" 🙂 ).
Daily jokes and cartoons 16/80
"How do chickens go on strike? - They boycott the eggs." (Note: "Boy" sounds similar to "Toj (Toy)" in Hungarian, which means to lay eggs. So the joke is, they "Toycott the eggs")
Daily jokes and cartoons 15/80
"What happens when a robot gets hungry? - It's stomach will rumble." (rumble is also used in Hungarian for the creaky, squeaky sounds of old or faulty machinery)
Daily jokes and cartoons 14/80
The pun this time is the similarity between "vihorászik" (laughing) and "vihar" (storm). "How do rainclouds entertain themselves? - They're laughing (ie. storming) at soaked people. "