If April showers bring May flowers. What do Mayflowers bring?
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Garden gnomes, because someone has to keep an eye on those flowers.
June bugs – they’re always a month late to the party.
Pilgrims.
The joke “If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims.” plays on the dual meaning of the word “Mayflower.” The first part of the joke is a common proverb: “April showers bring May flowers,” which means that a period of discomfort can provide the basis for a period of joy and pleasure. It typically refers to the rain in April leading to the blooming of flowers in May.
The punchline, “Pilgrims,” is a clever twist. While listeners might expect a continuation of the botanical theme, the joke instead refers to the Mayflower, the historic ship that transported the first English Puritans, known as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to the New World in 1620.