“Where do ants go to eat?”/“At a restaurant.”

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Entry from April 27, 2018

“Where do ants go to eat?”/“At a restaurant.”

An ant riddle is:

Q: Where do ants go to eat?
A: At a restaurant.

The “restaur-ant” pun has been cited in print since at least 2006.

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Where do ants go to eat ?
At a restaurant !

Google Books
Interactive Read-Aloud Anthology with Plays
By Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company.
New York, NY: Macmillan/McGraw Hill
2006
Pg. 127:
Where do ants go to eat? A restaur-ant.

18 November 2007, Sunday Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales), “The Funday Telegraph” by Richie Lamberton, pg. 1:
Where do ants go to eat?
A RESTAUR-ANT!

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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
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By Frank Paul
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2014
Pg. ?:
Where do ants go to eat ?At a restaurant !

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Where do ants go to eat ?
At a restaurant !

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At a restaurant !
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