A snow riddle is:
Q: What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
A: A snowball.
The riddle was posted to the newsgroup alt.tv.lost on September 28, 2005.
Other snowball riddles include “What do you call a snowman party?”/“A snowball,” “What’s the difference between snowmen and snowwomen?”/“Snowballs” and “Where do snowmen go to dance?”/“To a snowball.”
Google Groups: alt.tv.lost
OT: snowman jokes
AirDuct-Kate
9/28/05
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What sort of ball doesn’t bounce ?
A snowball !
Google Books
On Thin Ice
By Nancy E. Krulik
New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap
2007
Pg. 110:
“What sort of ball doesn’t bounce?” the teacher read from a snowflake.
“A snowball!” Emma S. told him. “I didn’t even need a snowflake to know the answer. It’s an old riddle.”
Twitter
Kenny Jahng
@kkcoolj
What kind of ball doesn’t bounce? . . . . . . . . . A SNOWBALL! hehehehehe
6:17 PM - 7 Dec 2009
Google Books
Christmas Jokes and Riddles for Kids
By Christy Davis
Published by author
2013
Pg. ?:
What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
A snowball.
Google Books
Horrid Henry’s Jumbo Joke Book (3-in-1)
By Francesca Simon
Illustrated by Tony Ross
New York, NY: Hachette Children’s
2015
Pg. ?:
What sort of ball doesn’t bounce?
A snowball.
Google Books
Gigglers: Christmas Jokes
By Toby Reynolds
London: Scholastic Fiction
2015
Pg. 69:
Q. What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
A. A snowball!
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