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Is this the most Popular Joke on the internet?

 
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I heard this one on a TV show though it seems to be a very popular joke as it is everywhere:

A boy comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He’s got two large bags over his shoulders. The guard stops him and says, "What’s in the bags?" "Sand," he answered.  What is this boy smuggling?

Got any other most popular jokes on the internet?
 
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This post has gotten 51 views and no one knew the answers so I guess it is not the most popular joke after all because no one posted the answer.

Here is a clue and a couple of jokes before I tell folks the answer.

Clue: the boy crosses the border frequently on the bicycle still caring that bag of sand.

Jokes:

Why did the half blind man fall into a well?

He couldn’t see that well.


Why do you never see hippos hiding in trees

Because they're very good at it.
 
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This reminded me of the "stealing wheelbarrow" joke
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/aqa5th/a_factory_worker_is_leaving_with_his_wheelbarrow/

So my guess, unless you want to keep the joke going is . . .
 
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Ah, but be careful. It might be sharp sand -- fracking sand. Now under tariff. You can't be too careful.

That bicycle, of unknown provenance, is just a ruse to throw the feds off the track.
 
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Someone Purple Mooseage the right answer so this is still up for grabs.

Go ahead and keep guessing...
 
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Anne Miller wrote:Someone Purple Mooseage the right answer so this is still up for grabs.

Go ahead and keep guessing...



I think Jill got it without saying the word🙃
 
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He was not smuggling wheelbarrows...

Though I get it ...
 
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The first version of this that I heard was supposed to have occurred before the Berlin wall came down with a man cycling from west to east every month. Some years later, the cyclist was told by a former guard that they knew that he was smuggling but not what.
 
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Back in the 70s, it was three jars in the trunk of a car. Can not remember what was in each of the jars, but agree that Jill was close.
 
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I'm going to hazard a guess and say the answer is no.  

It's close but it's not the most popular joke on the internet   :)
 
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Mike Haasl wrote:I'm going to hazard a guess and say the answer is no.  

It's close but it's not the most popular joke on the internet   :)



Okay, agreed it is not the most popular joke on the internet, but still no one has actually answer the question of what the boy was smuggling other than the person who sent the PM.

Whether it is a joke or what ever ...

I am a big fan of Michael Weatherly and it was really funny when he talked about this `joke` in one of the episodes of `Bull`.

Will someone not try to answer the question of what the boy was smuggling ...
 
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sure, he was smuggling bicycles🙂

(coincidentally we have been watching Bull lately on dvd from the library!...now we'll have to watch for that joke)
 
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