A drinking riddle is:
Q: What does the sun drink out of?
A: Sunglasses.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1995.
31 January 1995, The News Journal (Wilmington, DE), “Just for laughs,” Kids sec., pg. 1, col. 3:
Q. What does the sun drink out of?
A. Sunglasses.
Robert Palute, age 8
Newark
Google Books
My Summer Vacation Book:
Jokes, Puzzles, Games, Activities, Spooky Stories, Silly Songs, and More!
By Stephanie Calmenson
Illustrated by Patrick Girouard
New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
1997
Pg. 27:
What does the sun drink out of?
Sunglasses.
Google Books
The Sky’s the Limit:
Naturally Funny Jokes
By Rick Walton and Ann Walton, with Scott K. Peterson and Peter and Connie Roop
Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
2004
Pg. 8:
Q: What does the sun drink out of?
A: Sunglasses.
Reddit—Jokes
u/sparklingh2o September 20, 2012
What does the sun drink out of?
Sunglasses.
Reddit—Dadjokes
u/pittsburgh635 September 1, 2017
What does the sun drink out of?
Sunglasses 😎
Twitter
Classic Country WGLC
@wglc
Riddle of the Day: What does the sun drink out of? Answer: Sunglasses #WGLC
8:50 AM · Aug 30, 2019·TweetDeck
Reddit—Dadjokes
u/badpunforyoursmile October 9, 2019
What does the sun drink from?
Sunglasses!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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