The next time you experience a cringing moment of silence between conversations among a group of people that you aren't the closest with... try a joke!! I may not have necessarily come up with these my own. However, they have been proven effective in most social situations.
Here are a few clean ones that will go over well with most crowds. Hopefully, they are easy to remember and fulfill your punniest expectations.
1. Q: Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
A: Because they lack toes!
2. Q: What do you call a sleepwalking nun?
A: A Roman Catholic
3. Q: How long does it take to eat a tire?
A: A Goodyear
4. Q: What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?
A: One is just a little lighter
5. Q: What do you get when you push a piano down a mine shaft?
A: A-Flat Minor
6. Q: Did you hear that 19 and 20 got into a fight?
A: Twenty-One
7. Q: What's brown and rhymes with Snoop?
A: Dr. Dre
8. Q: How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?
A: Ten. Tentacles.
9. Q: What do you call an every-day potato?
A: A commentator
10. Q: What do you call an owl that knows magic tricks?
A: Hoo-Dini
11. Q: What do you call a sad strawberry?
A: A blueberry
12. Q: What do you call a bee that make milk?
A: Boo-bees
13. Q: What did the necktie say to the top hat?
A: "You go on ahead, I'll hang around here"
14. Q: What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A: A "fsh"
15. Q: What did one ocean say to the other?
A: Nothing, it just waved...
Do you sea what I did there?
I'm shore you did.