Work & Job Jokes
Question & answer
Why did the butcher work extra hours?
To make ends meat.
Make It Land
Keep “Meat” Almost Ordinary
The punchline changes the familiar phrase “make ends meet” by one sound, giving it a butcher-shop meaning. Ask the setup like a normal question about overtime. Pronounce “meat” naturally and resist emphasizing it too heavily; recognition works best when the altered phrase sounds nearly unchanged.