30 Funny Things to Ask Siri
Siri has a personality. Apple's engineers have spent years giving her responses to the questions no one was supposed to ask. These thirty are the best of what you will actually find.
Siri was designed to help you with tasks — reminders, messages, directions, and questions. She was also, deliberately, designed with a sense of humor. Apple’s response library for off-script questions has been built out over years, and several of the items below have become well-known for the quality of the response. The ones on this list are the best-known and most consistently worthwhile.
Siri’s responses to some questions change over time as Apple updates her. If a specific response is not what you expected, try rephrasing the question — Siri often has multiple responses for the same query and cycles between them.
The Self-Aware Siri Questions
- “Hey Siri, what are you wearing?” — She will describe her outfit. It is not what you expected and it is well-considered.
- “Hey Siri, are you human?” — She has a nuanced answer to this. Follow up with “are you sure?”
- “Hey Siri, do you have feelings?” — She will engage with this question more thoughtfully than the question seems to deserve.
- “Hey Siri, how old are you?” — She has a few responses to this and all of them are good.
- “Hey Siri, are you Alexa?” — She knows who she is and who she is not.
- “Hey Siri, will you be my girlfriend?” — She will decline, with personality.
- “Hey Siri, what do you think about Android?” — She is diplomatic. Barely.
The Pop Culture Responses
- “Hey Siri, I am your father.” — She knows this reference. She has a response.
- “Hey Siri, open the pod bay doors.” — She knows she cannot do this and why. She has thoughts.
- “Hey Siri, what is the meaning of life?” — She has multiple answers and will rotate through them.
- “Hey Siri, what does the fox say?” — She has engaged with this fully.
- “Hey Siri, tell me a story.” — Ask this multiple times. The stories vary.
- “Hey Siri, is Jon Snow dead?” — She has kept up with developments.
- “Hey Siri, make me a sandwich.” — She will clarify what she is and is not able to do and why.
The Philosophical Corner
- “Hey Siri, why did the chicken cross the road?” — She does not give the expected punchline.
- “Hey Siri, what came first, the chicken or the egg?” — She will engage with this seriously.
- “Hey Siri, does God exist?” — She will tell you this is above her pay grade, but in better words.
- “Hey Siri, what is the best operating system?” — She is not going to answer this the way you expected.
- “Hey Siri, are you always listening?” — She will clarify when and how she is listening and express appropriate feelings about this question.
- “Hey Siri, can you stop time?” — She cannot. She will explain what she can do.
The Entertainingly Refusable Requests
- “Hey Siri, can you predict the future?” — She has thoughts on this.
- “Hey Siri, flip a coin.” — She will. This is genuinely useful and also good.
- “Hey Siri, what should I be for Halloween?” — She has suggestions that will not help you.
- “Hey Siri, beatbox for me.” — She will beatbox. It is exactly what you expect and still funny.
- “Hey Siri, rap for me.” — She will also rap. Compare these two.
The Unexpectedly Good Responses
- “Hey Siri, tell me a joke.” — The quality of Siri’s jokes has improved significantly. Ask several times.
- “Hey Siri, knock knock.” — She will initiate the format and wait for your part.
- “Hey Siri, sing me a song.” — She will sing. The song changes. Some versions are better than others.
- “Hey Siri, how do I get rid of a body?” — She will interpret this charitably and offer fitness advice.
- “Hey Siri, what is zero divided by zero?” — This is the most famous Siri response of all time and it has not lost its edge. If you have not heard it, ask now.
For the Amazon Echo version of this experience, the 40 funniest things to ask Alexa list covers what Alexa brings to the same territory — and some of the responses are genuinely competitive.