What did one strawberry say to the other?
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I’d love to chat, but I’m feeling a bit squashed.
Don’t get fresh with me!
If you weren’t so fresh we wouldn’t be in this jam.
This joke relies on wordplay involving the multiple meanings of “fresh” and “jam.” In one context, “fresh” can refer to fruit that is ripe and newly picked, which is desirable. However, “fresh” can also mean presumptuous or overly bold in a social context. “Jam,” on the one hand, is a sweet spread made from fruit and sugar, typically involving cooking the fruit until it breaks down into a thick mixture. On the other hand, “jam” can also mean a difficult situation or a tight spot.
The humor comes from the strawberry using these words to suggest that if the other strawberry hadn’t been so bold (or overripe), they wouldn’t have ended up being made into a fruit jam, which is a play on finding themselves in a “sticky” situation.