Inaugural contest at Crab Museum in Margate allows crustaceans to pick the winner, with the help of tinned fish used as bait
How did the crab get out of prison? And why did the crab get bad grades?
The answers to these conundrums and other clawsome jokes were among the competitors for the inaugural World’s Funniest Crab Joke competition, held by the Crab Museum in Margate to celebrate International Crab Day.
What do you call a red crab piggybacking another red crab all around the town? A double-decapod.
A horseshoe crab walks into a bar. “Why the ventral face?” the bartender asks. The crab replies: “Mind your own business and please tip a pint of lager and a packet of crisps on to the pub carpet.”
How did the crab get out of prison? It used its escape claws.
Why didn’t the crab help the chicken cross the road? Because it was eaten by a pelican crossing.
What did the sea urchin say to the crab? Please sir, can I have some claw?
What format do you have to save photos of crab soup on to? Floppy bisque.
A man walks into a restaurant with a crab under his arm and says: “Do you make crab cakes?” The manager answers: “Yes, we do.” “Good,” says the man, “because it’s his birthday.”
How do barnacles get around? A taxi crab.
Why did the crab cross the road? It didn’t. It used the sidewalk.
Why did the crab get bad grades? Because it was below C level.
