May Day began as a day for workers to stand up for fair hours and better treatment, but it always felt like a holiday trying to do too much at once. One year, I thought it was just a relaxing day, but people were talking about workers’ rights, spring celebrations, and long speeches all at once. It felt like three events packed into one, and by lunchtime, I still didn’t know whether to relax or take it seriously.
Then the May Day jokes slowly appeared, like someone joining late but blending right in. People started sharing silly lines and laughing for no clear reason, and the mood became lighter. Even the serious talks didn’t feel so heavy anymore. By evening, it felt like everyone had quietly decided not to take the day too seriously, and that somehow made it better.
Best May Day Jokes
Which day is feared by pilots?
Mayday.
A saying relevant for many days in May, not just the 4th thru 6th.
May the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, & 31st be ever in your favor.
What do you call an emergency in the spring?
May day.
Can February March?
No, but April May!
A frantic blonde calls out a May Day.
The frantic young blonde calls out a May Day. “My pilot has had a heart attack and is dead and I don’t know how to fly.”
She hears a voice over the radio saying:
“This is Air Traffic Control and I hear you loud and clear. I will talk you through this and get you back on the ground. Everything will be fine! What is your height and position?”
The blonde says, “I’m 5’4″ and I’m in the front seat.”
(After a long pause)
“O.K.” says the voice on the radio…
“Now, repeat after me.” “Our Father Who art in Heaven…
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims!
MAY DAY!! MAY DAY!! MAY DAY!!
Never failed, first day of May he’d shout this like he hadn’t done it every year before.
Recommended: May Jokes
At a May Day parade, a very old Jew is carrying a placard which reads:
“Thank you, comrade Stalin, for my happy childhood!” A Party representative approaches the old man.
“What’s that? Are you mocking our Party? Everyone can see that when you were a child, comrade Stalin hadn’t yet been born!”
The old man replies, “That is precisely why I am grateful to him!”
A distress call comes in to Pierre at the Maine coast guard: “Mayday, M ayday. We’re 12 miles out on a capsized boat.”
“No can do,” Pierre said, “We’ve got all we can do searching for regular-sized boats.”
May was a famous magician, but one day she started struggling to perform.
There was a glitch in the May tricks.
An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communications with a small twin engine aircraft. A moment later the tower landline rang and was answered by one of the employees.
The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a cellular phone and yelled: Mayday, Mayday!!! The pilot had an instant and fatal heart attack. I grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and he had told me before we took off he had the tower on his speed dial memory. I am flying upside down at 18,000 feet and traveling at 180 mph. Mayday, mayday!!!
The employee in the tower had put him on speaker phone immediately.
Calm down, we acknowledge you and we will guide you down after a few questions. The first thing is not to panic, remain calm!!!
He began his series of questions:
Tower: “How do you know you are traveling at 18,000 feet??”
Aircraft: “I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the dials in front of me.”
Tower: “Okay, that is good, remain calm. How do you know you are travelling at 180 mph??”
Aircraft: “I can see that it reads 180 mph on the dials in front of me.”
Tower: “Okay, that is good. How do you know you’re flying upside down??”
Aircraft: “Because the crap in my pants is sliding out of my collar.”
Why is today Green Goblin Day?
It’s the end of May!
What did the Mandalorian say on May the 4th?
“This is the May.”
An English boat was sinking off the German Coast.
The captain contacts the German Coast Guard and says, “Mayday, mayday, this is the UK69, and we are sinking. I repeat, we are sinking.”
The German coastguard replies: “Vot are you sinking about?”
Do you have a funnier May Day joke? Write down your best jokes in the comment section below!
