What's blue and smells like red paint?
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Nothing, I lied about the paint.
Blue paint.
The joke “What’s blue and smells like red paint? Blue paint.” is an example of anti-humor, where the punchline is intentionally mundane, straightforward, or literal, subverting the listener’s expectation of a more traditional, clever punchline. When posed with the question, the listener might anticipate a more complex or unexpected answer, given the seemingly odd specificity of something blue smelling like red paint. However, the punchline simply states the obvious: blue paint smells like red paint because most paints have a similar chemical composition and odor, regardless of their color.