When the Christmas Party music is too loud...

[reynardo]

... and you've ended up at a table with only a couple of other people, but you can't hear them, you do what you can to beat the boredom.

And thus was born the Christmas Cracker Joke game. You take the jokes from a bundle of crackers, and the attitude of the 1960s Batman series, and you work out what secret message the Riddler was trying to get across:

Q: What did the winner of the race lose?
A: His breath.

Q: Why does an elephant wear sneakers?
A: So he can sneak up on the mice.

Q: What comes up when the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.

Q: What do monkeys sing at Christmas?
A: Jungle Bells, Jungle Bells...!

Q: Do you know how to make a bandstand?
A: Take away their chairs.

Batman: So, Robin, what can we deduce from these clues?

(Please put your own ideas below, and then have a look at the other ideas)

Comments

[dorukai.livejournal.com]

Q: What do monkeys Kiwis sing at Christmas?
A: Jungle Bells, Jungle Bells...!

And I'll start the ball with this:

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Batman: Robin, what do monkeys sing at Christmas?

Robin: Monkeys.... Monkeys... Jungle Bells! Not much to go on though.

Batman: Jungle - something foreign? Let's go on. Why does an elephant wear sneakers?

Robin: So... so...he can sneak up on the mice? Sneak! Sneakers - it's a covert operation! What's the last clue?

Batman: The last clue, Robin, is - what comes up when the rain comes down?

Robin: That's easy - an umbrella. Wait! An umbrella, which you shelter under! The Riddler is going to kidnap a foreigner who is secretly seeking shelter in Gotham City! It must be a defector - and the Riddler intends to get to them first! We must find them before we do, Batman...

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Holy hand grenades, Batman! He's planning to kill the winner of the Umbrella Corporation chairman election race! The bells are just a distraction!

(of course, he turns out to be striking from the nearest bell tower, dressed as a jongleur)

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Mind you, I last saw any Batman tv show as reruns in the 80s...

[sly-girl.livejournal.com]

"The umbrella group of primate zoologists!"
"Exactly, Boy Wonder. The same group that is meeting at the Gotham City Zoo tomorrow."
"'Take away their chairs' ... the Riddler must be planning to kidnap the chairman of the group!"
"By sneaking up on him and then ..."
"'Taking away his breath' ... stopping his speech!"
"The same speech in which he will announce reveal the results of the research into manipulating moods in monkeys."
"Holy rage, Batman!"
"The Riddler must be planning to steal that virus! To the Batcave!"

[sly-girl.livejournal.com]

Also:
Best. Game. Ever.

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

When it rains in the jungle, rats with bad breath stand on the back of elephants.

Which means ~ if you stand in the woods & can't see the trees, it's because an elephant has sneezed on your umbrella. Rats!!

Therefore ~ Don't forget to pack your toothbrush in your wooden trunk when visiting a reigning rodent in Rwanda.

Or... Christmas kisses from a rat are not only wet, but can make your nose stand on end.

Holy Conundrum! The Riddler's going to poison the air from the bandstand at the zoo next time it rains on Boxing Day!! What a Ratfink, Batman!!

[qamar.livejournal.com]

Robin We've clearly got to get to Indonesia. Once there we need play woodwind instruments with the band. Although we'll lose our breathe, the tunes will draw the attention of elephants. We can ride them into the jungle where the joker awaits in a treetop hideout during the equatorial downpour! Let's go!