Why did the tamale go to the hospital?
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Por que tamalito.
The joke “Why did the tamale go to the hospital? Por que tamalito” is a play on words that combines English and Spanish for a bilingual pun. “Tamale” is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa (a dough, usually corn-based) and filled with various ingredients, then wrapped in a corn husk. The punchline “Por que tamalito” is a play on the Spanish phrase “porque está malito,” which translates to “because it is sick” or “because it’s a little sick” in English. The humor comes from the sound similarity between “tamalito” (a diminutive form of tamale) and “está malito.” The joke is a whimsical way of giving a reason for a tamale, an inanimate food item, to go to the hospital, blending language-based humor with the absurdity of personifying food.
Because it had a severe case of indigestion.