Sweet summertime should be spent with family, enjoying the kids being home, vacations and trips to the beach most importantly full of laughter. Enjoy some food, farm and family funnies with this collection of our favorite summer jokes.

Carolina Beach Boardwalk
Carolina Beach Boardwalk Photo credit: Michael Cline Spencer

See more: 10 Reasons to Explore Carolina Beach This Summer

What’s a frog’s favorite summertime snack?
Hopsicles!

What runs around the farm but never moves?
A fence.

How do you know the ocean is friendly?
It waves.

When do you go on red and stop on green?
Eating watermelon.

What do you call a pig with three eyes?
A piiig.

Photo credit: Brian McCord

Where do sheep go on vacation?
The Baa-hamas

What did the reporter say to the ice cream?
What’s the scoop?

What do bees say in the summer?
It’s swarm.

What do the pigs say on a hot day?
I’m bacon.

Where do cows go on summer vacation?
Moo York

See more: 6 Farm Facts About Sheep

melon cakes
Photo credit: Jeffrey S. Otto

Get the recipe: Melon Cakes with Rosemary Lavender Syrup

Where do sheep go on vacation?
The Baaa-hamas.

Why can’t two watermelons get married in Vegas?
Because they cantaloupe.

What is a horse’s favorite sport?
Stable tennis.

What has ears but can’t hear?
A cornfield.

Why was the cucumber upset?
Because it was in a pickle.

Photo credit: Eric Waters

Why do cows wear bells?
Because their horns don’t work.

What road do horses live on?
Mane Street.

Why did the tomato blush?
Because it saw the salad dressing.

What does cheese say to itself in the mirror?
Looking Gouda!

Where do you learn to make ice cream?
Sundae school.

See more: English Farmstead Cheese in Marion is as Gouda as it Gets

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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