A “Yolkswagon” or “Yolkswagen” (yolk + Volkswagen) is a portmanteau that has been used in several jokes. A riddle was printed in Boys’ Life on November 1984:
Q: What kind of car does Humpty Dumpty drive?
A: A Yolks wagon.
“My fave laffy taffy joke: what kind of car does an egg drive? A: a yolkswagen” was posted on Twitter on May 15, 2011. “Chicken coop car (It’s a Yolkswagon)” was posted on Twitter on March 17, 2013.
“Oh come on. No one’s suggested the Yolkswagon? #unlikelyfoodtrucks” was posted on Twitter on August 27, 2009.
Google Books
November 1984, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 73, col. 1:
Mother Goose: What kind of car does Humpty Dumpty drive?
King Cole: I don’t know. What kind?
Mother Goose: A Yolks wagon.— Justin Long, Dallas, Tex.
Google Books
Good Clean Jokes to Drive Your Parents Crazy
By Bob Phillips
Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers
2005
Pg. 3:
Q: How does an egg get to work?
A: It drives a yolkswagon.
Twitter
Cathy Crea
@cathycrea
Oh come on. No one’s suggested the Yolkswagon? #unlikelyfoodtrucks
7:29 PM - 27 Aug 2009
Twitter
Shannon Colussi
@pushingthebuggy
For @mrsF5 How do eggs get to work?? A YOLKswagon! #kneeslapper
9:12 PM - 5 Apr 2011
Twitter
Tin Foil Trendsetter
@HipGnosis23
Replying to @toastbeard
@toastbeard @disassemblyline my fave laffy taffy joke: what kind of car does an egg drive? A: a yolkswagen… | dad jokes…
2:00 PM - 15 May 2011
Twitter
Thom Penny
@ruaboondadmh
The Easter Bunny’s car is the Yolkswagon! #GanzWorld
11:07 AM - 7 Apr 2012
Twitter
The Plarnstar
@plarnstar
Chicken coop car (It’s a Yolkswagon) http://pinterest.com/pin/98797785547902537/ …
8:44 AM - 17 Mar 2013
Twitter
Tyler Schiller
@tylerjschiller
What kind of car does an egg drive?
A yolkswagon
10:06 PM - 29 Dec 2013
Google Books
Best Ever Classroom Jokes:
Because some of us never grow up
By Mike Haskins
London, UK: Pavilion Books
2015
Pg. ?:
What kind of car does Humpty Dumpty drive?
A Yolkswagon.
Twitter
Sarah Baer
@SarahBaer12
What kind of a car does Humpty Dumpty drive? A yolkswagon
6:41 AM - 12 Aug 2016
Twitter
jolly dad jokes
@dadtellsjokes
What kind of car does an egg drive?
A yolkswagon
8:10 AM - 27 Nov 2017
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