It’s an age-old joke that still catches people out to this day. Haven’t heard it before? We answer ‘What do cows drink’ as the riddle is leaving many feeling a little Moo-lish.
It’s always the simple ones that seem the hardest, with your own brain tricking you into giving the wrong answer. That’s what happens with this cow riddle, leaving people in fits of giggles as they give a silly answer.
Maybe you’ve heard it before and can’t figure it out or this is your first time seeing it. Either way, we can tell you the answer so you can trick friends and family!
‘What Do Cows Drink’ Riddle Explained
The joke is simple enough and only involved asking another person ‘What do cows drink?’
Have a think about it yourself before deciding on your answer…
If you said milk, then you’re wrong, it’s water!
Cows clearly don’t drink milk, they just produce it, but the association we have connecting cows to milk means that many will answer the wrong one!
We imagine you feel pretty silly if you said milk, but you definitely aren’t alone as it’s meant to trick people!
TikTok Falls For The Funny Riddle
After hearing the joke, many have gone on to share it on social media to try and catch others out, and it’s definitely worked.
People have been sharing clips on TikTok of asking people the question and them giving the wrong answer, leaving them pretty confused.
If you add some stuff to the beginning of the joke, then it will mess with their brains even more.
The ‘what do cows drink’ joke is really catching people out. This video even gives you another trick you can use as well.
This video shows just how easy it is to make the mistake.
Other Tricks To Use On Your Friends
Want some more simple word tricks to play on friends and family? We’ve got some you should definitely use.
- Toast: Tell the person to say words that rhyme with toast a few times (boast, most, coast etc) before asking them what you put in a toaster. Whilst the answer should be bread, you get some people saying toast instead.
- Fork: You tell someone to say ‘fort’ a ridiculous amount of times and ask them to spell it a few times too. You then ask them what they eat soup with, and they might just end up saying fork instead of a spoon!
- Eyes: You ask someone what Y-E-S spells and then they’ll answer correctly. Then ask them to spell E-Y-E-S and they’ll say E-Yes instead of eyes.