A popular pun about the celery stalk is:
Q: What did the lettuce say to the celery?
A: Quite stalking me!
A form of the joke was printed in Boys’ Life magazine in May 1985.
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May 1985, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 73, col. 1:
Andy Apple: What did the orange say to the celery?
Pearly Pear: I don’t know. What?
Andy Apple: Quit stalking me.— Ryan Olson, El Cerrito, Calif.
RawGuru—Jokes (September 12, 2004)
Q: What did the lettuce say to the celery?
A: Quit stalking me.
Luggage Tuesdays by Mike Spiegelman
Salad Jokes 2008: Waldorf Salad Jokes
at Saturday, August 02, 2008
(...)
What did the apples say to the celery?
“Stop stalking me!”
Twitter
Amber Dockstader
@Cam_Anju
RT @RawmanWalking: Q. What did the lettuce say to the celery?A. Are you stalking me?i KNOW THEY R CORNY JOKES WHAT DO U EXPECT FRM A #VEGAN
10:03 PM - 20 Aug 2009
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101 Short and Hilarious Jokes for Kids:
Jokes They’ll Tell Again and Again
By Scott Allen
Delabarre Publishing at SMashwords
2010
Pg. ?:
What did the lettuce say to the celery?
“Quit stalking me!”
Secret Seed Society
Top 100 veggie jokes of all time
April 27, 2011
Here’s a growing collection of the top 100 veggie jokes of all time…
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COMMENTS
Evan on August 22, 2011 at 5:39 pm said:
What did the lettuce say to the celery?
Quit stalking me.
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101 Amazing Food Jokes
By Jack Goldstein
Andrews UK Limited
2013
Pg. ?:
What did the lettuce say to the celery?
Quit stalking me!
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Belly Laugh Jokes for Kids:
350 Hilarious Jokes
By Sky Pony Editors
New York, NY: Sky Pony Press
2015
Pg. ?:
Q: What did the lettuce say to the celery?
A: Quit stalking me!
Twitter
Fresh Box Farms
@freshboxfarms
What did the Lettuce say to the Celery? Stop stalking me! 😉 #dadjokes
7:56 AM - 27 Jul 2016
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