What do you call a manly zebra?
A hebra!
Alternate versions:
- A zebro
What do you call a manly zebra?
A hebra!
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A collection of a few select punchlines from “What is black and white and red all over?”
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Explanation
The joke is that you expect a zebra, after all, the stranger introduced themselves as only “Zebra”. But what they were really saying was “ze-bra” which is “the bra” except with an accent.
This joke highlights the hilarity of miscommunication and the absurdity of having a zebra at one’s door.
Alternate Versions
What’s black and white and red all over? A communist zebra!
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What is black and white, black and white, black and white, and green?
3 zebras eating a pickle!
Alternate Versions
A zebra dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter is waiting and says, “Go through those gates and God will answer all of your questions.” The zebra goes through the gates and asks God, “Am I white with black stripes or black with white stripes?” God says, “You are what you are.” The zebra asks again and God says the same thing, “You are what you are”. The zebra goes back to St. Peter and says, “What the fuck? God didn’t answer my question.” St. Peter says, “Well, what did you ask him?” “I asked if I am white with black stripes or black with white stripes, and he just said, ‘You are what you are'”. Saint Peter replies, “Oh, you are white with black stripes.” The zebra astounded at getting an answer so easy furrows his brow and asks, “How do you know?” Saint Peter responds, “Because if you are a zebras. Zebras have a nervous demeanor like white people.
Alternate Versions
Once there was a foreign guy and he needed to learn how to speak English. So he asked his English speaking wife to learn. She said, “Go to the airport, go to the zoo, and go to the hospital.” He went to the airport and everyone was saying “Take off, take off, take off”, and so he learned to say, “Take off”. Then he went to the zoo, and everyone was saying, “Zebra, zebra, zebra,” and so he learned to say zebra. Then he went to the hospital and everyone was saying, “Baby, baby, baby,” and so he learned how to say baby. He went back to his wife. She asked, “What did you learn today?” The man answered, “TAKE OFF ZE-BRA BABY!”
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