Joke of the Week: What is bigger than you, but doesn’t weigh anything?

by Laurie Laurendeau on June 14, 2012

JOKE: What is bigger than you, but doesn’t weigh anything?

ANSWER: Your shadow

EXPLANATION:  When you cast a shadow in the sun, it is bigger than you are.  We tend to think of large things as heavy things, but in this case, a shadow doesn’t weigh anything!

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