What is a pumpkin's favorite sport?
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Pump-kin ball – it’s a smashing good time!
Squash.
The joke “What is a pumpkin’s favorite sport? Squash.” is a pun that plays on the double meaning of the word “squash.” Squash is both a type of sport played with rackets and a ball in a closed court, and a category of vegetables that includes pumpkins. The humor arises from the literal interpretation of a pumpkin having preferences, which is an absurd anthropomorphism, as pumpkins are inanimate and cannot have favorite sports. The punchline is unexpected because the setup leads the listener to think about sports in general, not a word that is also the name of a sport and a vegetable group.