100 Corny Thanksgiving Puns and Riddles
Thanksgiving dinner wouldn’t be Thanksgiving dinner without great food, good conversation and lots of laughs. These riddles and puns are so corny that old Uncle Eddie may accuse you of fowl play. But we guarantee that everyone at Thanksgiving 2023 will have a plucking good time sharing these silly riddles! So enjoy these Thanksgiving riddles, knock-knock jokes and puns!
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Thanksgiving Riddles
1. What has feathers and a beak, but is dressed? A Thanksgiving turkey.
2. If roses are red and violets are blue, what is stuffed, brown, and blue? A turkey holding its breath.
3. What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter? Pumpkin pi.
4. I have ears but I cannot hear, and I have flakes but no hair. What am I? Corn.
5. If April showers bring May flowers, then what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims.
6. What do you get when you cross a turkey with an octopus? Enough drumsticks for Thanksgiving.
7. When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving? In the dictionary.
8. What has feathers, is the star of a November feast and goes up and down? A turkey in an elevator.
9. If four women can bake four pumpkin pies in four hours, how many pies can eight women bake in eight hours? 16 pies.
10. I am always in the middle of the table every Thanksgiving. What am I? The letter B.
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11. What is hard, oddly shaped and brings you good fortune on Thanksgiving? A wishbone.
12. If it took three people four hours to roast a turkey, how many hours would it take four people to roast the same turkey? None! The turkey is already cooked.
13. I am everywhere at Thanksgiving ready to be tried, I wanna get away but I got dressed and now I can’t fly. What am I? A turkey.
14. What do the Pilgrims, Indians, and Puritans have in common? The letter I.
15. What is brown, big, and red all over? A turkey with cranberry sauce.
16. I am the smallest unit of measurement in the pilgrim cookbook. What am I? A pil-gram.
17. Pious and devout, I wear black and white clothes and funny hats. I am not a nun nor a priest, but I was an adventurer. Who am I? A Pilgrim.
18. I’m a flower that doesn’t bloom, sounds like a month, and floats over water. What am I? The Mayflower.
19. I can be hot or cold, I can be made with fruit, vegetable, or meat but either way you see it, on a Thanksgiving table I will be a treat. What am I? A pie.
20. What can never be eaten at Thanksgiving dinner? Thanksgiving breakfast or lunch!
21. How can a turkey end up with three legs, even though it only has two legs? Because it had grown another foot.
22. I can be crushed, baked, carved and you can see me everywhere on Thanksgiving. What am I? A pumpkin.
23. If you are carving the turkey with an electric cutter, what kind of batteries does it need when it runs out of power? None—because it run on electricity.
24. If you feel scared on Halloween and jolly on Christmas, what do you feel on Thanksgiving? Stuffed.
25. How can you tell which side of the turkey is the left side? The part that is not eaten.
26. What has feathers and a beak, but is dressed? A Thanksgiving turkey.
27. Can a turkey fly higher than an ostrich? Yes, because ostriches don’t fly.
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28. I am a key that can fly and gobble. What am I? A tur-key.
29. When the Pilgrims walked off their boat into the New World, on what did they stand? Their feet.
30. If the turkey says “Gobble, gobble, gobble,” and a peach says, “Cobbler, cobbler, cobbler,” what would a computer say? “Google, google, google.”
31. I am a 12-letter word, two compound words and people celebrate me in the fall. What am I? Thanksgiving.
32. I get roasted, but I am not coffee, and I sound like a country. What am I? A turkey.
33. If an apple, pear, and peach come from a tree, where do turkeys come from? A poul-tree.
34. What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving? The letter G.
35. What has feathers, a bowed head, and kneels? A turkey praying not to be eaten.
36. What do you get when you cross a turkey with a ghost? A poultry-geist.
37. Why did the Pilgrims want to sail to America in the spring? Because April showers bring Mayflowers.
38. You reap what you sow because of me. Remove the first three letters, and I become an object you can wear. What am I? Har-vest.
39. What smells the best at Thanksgiving dinner? Your nose.
40. I am soft but not a feather, I am sweet but not sugar. What am I? Candy yams.
41. I am red but not a strawberry; I can be jelly at times but also crushed into juice. What am I? Cranberry.
42. If you get a turkey when you cross a key with a fowl, what will you get when you cross a turkey with fire? A roasted turkey.
43. I have legs and can walk, I am a key but can't open the doors. What am I? A turkey.
44. How do you make a turkey float? You need two scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a turkey.
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45. Pilgrims use me to make cookies. What am I? May-flour.
46. I am the smallest unit of measurement in the Pilgrim cookbook. What am I? A pil-gram.
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Thanksgiving Knock-Knock Jokes
47. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Norma Lee.
Luke who?
Norma Lee I wouldn't eat this much!
48. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Annie
Annie who?
Annie body see the turkey?
49. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Don.
Don who?
Don eat all the gravy. I want some.
50. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Philip.
Philip who?
Philip a big plate of turkey and start eating!
51. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Arthur.
Arthur who?
Arthur any Thanksgiving leftovers?
52. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Dewey.
Dewey who?
Dewey have to wait much longer for the turkey?
53. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Tamara.
Tamara who?
Tamara we'll eat all the leftovers!
54. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Gladys.
Gladys who?
Gladys Thanksgiving! Aren't you?
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55. Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Odette.
Odette who?
Odette's a big turkey!
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Thanksgiving Puns
56. I need more henergy.
57. Stop, drop, and pass the rolls!
58. Nobody puts gravy in the corner.
59. Wham, yam, thank you ma’am.
60. Playing the wishbone game is a snap.
61. I’m all about that baste.
62. Silence of the yams.
63. It doesn’t get butter than this.
64. Let’s get sauced.
65. You’re the belle of the (Butter)ball.
66. Gobble ‘til you wobble!
67. My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes, but I said I couldn’t quit cold turkey.
68. Eat, drink, and cranberry.
69. Bring on the turkey coma!
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70. Baste. Thanksgiving. Ever.
71. Much ado about stuffing.
72. Go stuff yourself!
73. Pour some gravy on me.
74. Fifty shades of gravy.
75. Don’t be bitter, have more butter!
76. Leftovers are for quitters.
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77. Let’s get stuffed.
78. You gotta risk it for the biscuit!
79. I’ve got my fat pants on.
80. This is plucking delicious!
81. I yam so thankful for you!
82. There’s nothing butter than this.
83. Thanksgiving dinner is totally my jam.
84. Will I eat leftovers for a week? I cran, and I will.
85. The gravy boat has arrived. Calories disembarking.
86. I'm on a dinner roll.
87. Buckle up for a great Thanksgiving, pilgrim.
88. Think Thanksgiving dinner is over? You ain’t seen stuffing yet.
89. Hey, I just met you, and this is gravy, but here’s my stuffing, so carve me maybe.
90. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a peaceful nap-taking.
91. Merry Black Friday Eve!
92. Don’t marsh my mellow.
93. My gobble-let overfloweth.
94. Pie am so very grateful for this dinner.
95. Without feather ado, dinner is served!
96. All that and hen some!
97. Chick or treat!
98. United we stand, divided we fowl.
99. I’ve got a lot of chicks up my sleeve.
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100. You’ve really got your turk cut out for you.
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