Principal jokes are the perfect way to brighten up the day in school. Laughter can bring people together and makes the school day more memorable. Whether you are the principal and trying to find a way to connect with the teachers, or you are a teacher who just wants to kick off the meeting with some laughter, these principal jokes and puns will be just the humorous start that you need.
Funny Principal Jokes to Entertain and Amuse
1. Why did the principal fire the cross-eyed teacher?
Because she couldn’t control her pupils?
2. Why did the clock get sent to the principal’s office?
During class, it wouldn’t stop tocking.
3. Who is the students’ best friend at school?
The princi-pal!
4. Why did the tree sent to the Principal?
For being knotty!
5. Why did the principal bring clam chowder to school?
For the Soup-erintendent.
6. What do you call a principal who forgets his teachers’ names?
Absent-minded.
7. What happened when the principal tied everyones laces together?
They went on a class trip.
8. Where does a principal put smart hot dogs?
On honor rolls!
9. Principal: We will only have a half-day of school staff meetings this morning…
Teachers: Yay!!!!
Principal: Then we will have the other half this afternoon.
10. Principal: How can we keep the school clean?
Student: By staying at home.
11. What did the picture in the principal’s office say?
I was framed.
12. Why did the educator leave the teaching profession?
Because he tried being a teacher, but soon lost his principal, faculties, and class.
13. Why did the chicken go to the principal’s office?
It used fowl language!
14. Why was Harry Potter sent to the principal’s office?
Because he was cursing in class!
15. Mother: “Why are you home from school so early?”
Son: “I was the only one who could answer a question.”
Mother: “Oh, really? What was the question?”
Son: “Who threw the eraser at the principal?”
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16. What’s the difference between a sauna and the principal’s office?
It’s less embarrassing if your friends see you leaving a sauna.
17. What did one principal’s office wall say to the other?
Hey, let’s meet in the corner.
18. Why did the principal marry the janitor?
Because he swept her off her feet!
19. What do get when you cross one middle school principal with a high school principal?
You should not do that; principals don’t like to be crossed, ever!
20. What can you say about people who drop out of school?
They have no principals or class.
21. Teacher: Every day this week, I’ve had to send you to the principal. What do you have to say about this?
Student: I’m relieved that today is the last day of school!
22. What is the difference between a principal and a train?
The principal says spit your gum out and the train says “chew chew chew”.
23. Why did the principal panic during the teacher’s strike?
Because he was losing control of his faculties.
24. What did the principal say to the student after he trashed the boys’ bathroom?
“URINALot of trouble!”
25. Why was the hamburger bun sent to the principal’s office?
He was being a bad roll model.
26. Principal: Sorry to call you in, but your son set the school on fire.
Parents: Arson?
Principal: Yes, your son.
27. What did the cheerleader say when the principal gave her detention?
Bring It On.
28. The phone rang in the principal’s office.
Principal: Hello?
Caller: Umm yes hi, my son won’t be coming to school today because he’s got the flu.
Principal: OK and who may I ask is speaking?
Caller: Umm my dad.
29. Why did Average get sent to the principal’s office
He was being mean.
30. “I’ve just had a rock thrown through my window, are you responsible?”
“No, I’m irresponsible,” says the student. That’s why I threw it.”
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31. Why are principals fond of fish?
Because they travel in schools!
32. Why did the little rectangle get sent to the principal’s office?
He said a square word.
33. Son: Father Tomorrow is a small get-together at school.
Father: Small gathering? How small is it?
Son: Only me…you…and the principal.
34. Boy: Our principal is so stupid!
Girl: Do you know who I am?
Boy: No.
Girl: I’m the principals daughter.
Boy: Do you know who I am?
Girl: No.
Boy: Good. (walks away).
35. What did the inflatable principal say to the inflatable student who bought a pin to the inflatable school?
“Not only have you let me down, you’ve also let the school down but, above all, you’ve let yourself down.”
36. A new principal was checking over his school on the first day. Passing the stockroom, he was startled to see the door wide open and teachers bustling in and out, carrying off books and supplies in preparation for the arrival of students the next day. The school where he had been a Principal the previous year had used a check-out system only slightly less elaborate than that at Fort Knox. Cautiously, he asked the school’s long time Custodian, “Do you think it’s wise to keep the stock room unlocked and to let the teachers take things without requisitions?” The Custodian looked at him gravely… “We trust them with the children, don’t we?”
37. A principal notices a Post-It on a locker.
“Jocks! This small change in diet can boost your physique FOREVER! Head to the gym to find out how!”
Puzzled, he pulls it off and continues down the hall. Just a few lockers down, another catches his eye.
“Hey goth girls! Tired of dark eyeliner that just runs all day? One simple trick will fix it! Find out in the gym!”
“OK, I’ll bite,” the principal chuckles to himself. He walks to the gymnasium, pushes open the door…and immediately gets stuck. He looks down and sees the floor covered with super-glue.
He looks around and sees several students in the same situation: cheerleaders, jocks and others desperately trying to free themselves.
Outraged, he removes his shoes to unstick himself and races around the school until he finds a kid placing a note, this time aimed at math geeks, on yet another locker. He slaps the note out of his hand and shouts, “Quit posting clique-bait everywhere!”
38. The visiting church school supervisor asks little Johnny during Bible class who broke down the walls of Jericho. Little Johnny replies that he does not know, but it definitely is not him. The supervisor, taken aback by this lack of basic Bible knowledge goes to the school principal and relates the whole incident. The principal replies that he knows little Johnny as well as his whole family very well and can vouch for them, if little Johnny said that he did not do it, he as principal is satisfied that it is the truth. Even more appalled the inspector goes to the regional Head of Education and relates the whole story. After listening he replies: “I cannot see why you are making such a big issue out of this; we will get three quotations and fix the damned wall.”
39. In class one day, Mr. Johnson pulled Johnny over to his desk after a test, and said, “Johnny I have a feeling that you have been cheating on your tests.”
Johnny was astounded and asked Mr. Johnson to prove it.
“Well, said Mr. Johnson, I was looking over your test and the question was,
‘Who was our first president?’, and the little girl that sits next to you, Mary, put ‘George Washington,’ and so did you.”
“So, everyone knows that he was the first president.”
“Well, just wait a minute,” said Mr. Johnson.
“The next question was, ‘Who freed the slaves?’
Mary put Abraham Lincoln and so did you.”
“Well, I read the history book last night and I remembered that,” said Johnny.
“Wait, wait,” said Mr. Johnson.
“The next question was, ‘Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?’
Mary put ‘I don’t know,’ and you put, ‘Me neither’.”
40. A son comes home from school and hugs his mother crying
He says: I don’t want to go back to school and I’ll give you two reasons why.
The mother says: Ok, what are your reasons?
Son: All the kids hate me and all the teachers hate me.
Mother: You’re going to go back to school, and I’ll give you one reason why.
Son: Yeah?
Mother: You’re the Principal.
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