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This biscuit-wrapper joke is either the best or the worst you’ll see today

There’s a category of things that are so bad, they’re good. Consider, for example, Dick Van Dyke’s Cockney accent, Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, or Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans – no, wait …not that one. One area that falls under this heading quite often is the humble joke – particularly those found in Christmas crackers, on lolly sticks, or – like this one – on biscuit wrappers.

In case that isn’t clear, it says:

“Why can’t penguins fly?”

“Because they are chocolate biscuits.”

To illustrate how this is both terrible and brilliant, here are some representative reactions:

Not everybody spotted the joke.

Maybe the chocolate isn’t the only thing that’s thick.

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