What is brown and sticky?
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A stick.
The joke “What’s brown and sticky? A stick” is a classic example of misdirection and wordplay. The setup, “What’s brown and sticky?”, prompts the listener to think of various objects or substances that might be both brown in color and have a sticky texture, perhaps imagining something like poop. The adjective “sticky” is the key misdirection, leading the audience down a path of thinking about viscosity or adhesiveness. However, the punchline, “A stick,” humorously subverts these expectations. The word “stick” sounds like “sticky,” but its meaning is entirely different.