What's the difference between an orphan and an apple?
The apple gets picked.
What's the difference between an orphan and an apple?
The apple gets picked.
Listen up, buttercup! This "joke" is all about wordplay. An orphan doesn't get "picked" by parents, because, well, they're orphans. An apple, on the other hand, gets picked from a tree. It's sad because it implies orphans are unwanted, like you at Thanksgiving dinner.