🔤 Wordplay

What do you call a running turkey?

Fast food!

Why This Joke Works

"Fast food" normally means quick-service restaurant food, but a turkey that's running is literally fast food — it's food that's moving quickly. The joke redefines the term by taking both words literally instead of as a compound phrase. Simple, clean, and instantly groanworthy.

🎤 How to Tell This Joke

Ask the question while miming a turkey running (elbows out, bobbing your head). Say "fast food" like you just coined the term. Speed is everything in the delivery — say it quick.

Perfect for:

  • •Thanksgiving dinner prep conversations
  • •Driving past a fast food restaurant
  • •When a turkey (or any bird) runs across the yard

💡 Did You Know?

The word "corny" for bad jokes dates back to the 1930s — it originally referred to humor found in seed catalogs sent to corn farmers, which were famously full of terrible puns.

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