Absurd riddle

A riddle joke, joke riddle, pseudo-joke, also a is a riddle which does not expect the asked person to know the answer, but rather constitutes a set-up to the punch line of the joke which is a funny answer.

It is one of the four major types of riddles, according to Nigel F. Barley.

There are many cycles of jokes in the form of a conundrum, such as Elephant jokes,Why did the chicken cross the road, lightbulb joke, etc.

Joke cycles implying inferiority or other stereotypes of certain categories of people, such as blonde jokes, or ethnic jokes (such as Pollack joke) have a considerable amount of joke riddles.

In areas which have historical ties with Asia Minor, such as Greece, Turkey, Armenia, of popularity are "abstract riddles" that follow templates: "What is this: A inside and B outside?" or "What is this: A is around and B in the middle?". For example:

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