Cadbury bring back the lolly stick joke and give away an 18 carat gold lolly stick.
Whatever happened to lolly stick jokes? Admittedly, they were a teensy bit rubbish but they added that little bit more excitement to an ice cream when you were a kid, if that was possible.
Now Cadbury Dairy Milk Ice Cream are bringing them back, having launched a nationwide competition via Twitter to get inspiration for a new range of lolly stick jokes to be released in 2013.
More than 2,000 entries were sent to the Twitter profile @goldenlollyjoke from users keen to win a £5,000 prize. All entries were judged by a panel of comedy experts and the top gags were then put to public vote. The winning joke: "Who is in charge of the hankies? The hankie-chief", was penned by Charlie Thomas (@swingitcharlie), a Newcastle scaffolder by day and part of a Rat Pack tribute act by night.
This weekend, Londoners will have the chance to win the world’s first ever 18 carat gold lolly stick, worth £10,000, with the winning joke engraved on it. The stick has been put into a random Cadbury Dairy Milk Ice Cream Lolly for a member of the public to find and the lollies will be given out in London’s Covent Garden from Friday 25th May until Sunday 27th May.
Right, that's our weekend sorted. If you're planning on coming down to Covent Garden, watch out for us. We have sharp elbows.
Top 10 Joke Entries @goldenlollyjoke
1. Who is in charge of the hankies? The hankie-chief! – @swingitcharlie
2. Why are crabs trying to take over the sea? Because they're shellfish – @dave_giz
3.What did the buffalo say to his child when he was leaving for uni? Bison – @MartinDarko
4.Where did Noah keep all of the freshwater fish? In his multi-storey Carp Ark – @TonyCowards
5.Why did the cow get thrown out of the darts competition? Because she hit a bulls eye – @bellmusic
6. I've got a joke about Elton John. It's a little bit funny – @jcodfishpie
7.Why did the cheese maker walk with a limp? Because he only had one stilton – @QuintinForbes
8. Who is president of the Zoo animals? Barack O'Llama – @zoolander1978
9. What is Bilbo Baggins' favourite part of a cooker? The hob bit – @Alan_Machnik
10. Who did King Arthur get to look after his napkins? Sir Viette – @hilaryobcorne
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