A tree riddle has been printed on several images:
Q: How do trees feel in the spring?
A: Releaved.
“Releaved” (for “relieved”) is a pun on the word “leaves.” A tree gets leaves back in the spring.
“In Spring, do trees feel releaved?” was posted on Twitter on September 15, 2009. “How do trees feel when spring is finally here? Re-leaved” was posted on Twitter on May 10, 2012. “How did the tree feel in the spring? Releaved. #ClassicJokeWednesday” was posted on Twitter by Ellen DeGeneres on April 2, 2014.
Twitter
Steven Baker
@bakeryme
In Spring, do trees feel releaved?
6:13 PM - 15 Sep 2009
Twitter
Erin McKenna
@itserinmckenna
I just made up this joke, for real. Feel free to use it:
How do trees feel when spring is finally here? Re-leaved.
10:23 AM - 10 May 2012
Twitter
Ian Eastwood
@Ian_Eastwood
What did the stressed out tree say when spring came?
I feel re-leaved. 🍂🌿😂
5:00 PM - 6 Oct 2013
Twitter
david perry
@davidandperry
How do trees feel in the spring? Releaved.
7:13 PM - 31 Mar 2014
Twitter
Ellen DeGeneres
@TheEllenShow
How did the tree feel in the spring? Releaved. #ClassicJokeWednesday
6:27 PM - 2 Apr 2014
3 April 2014, MX (Melbourne, Victoria), “Going postal,” pg. 12:
Whereas the comedy of Ellen DeGeneres is less than tree-mendous - “How did the tree feel in the spring? Releaved.”
Reddit—Puns
How do deciduous trees feel in spring? (self.puns)
submitted January 17, 2015 by ltperohi
Releaved.
Google Groups: soc.culture.singapore
PUN JOKES
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24. How do trees feel in Spring? Releaved
Reddit—Jokes
How did the trees feel in spring?
submitted June 29, 2017 by DoctorNightmare667c
Releaved…..
Reddit—Oneliners
In the spring, trees are releaved.
submitted October 11, 2017 by wonliners
Reddit—Dad Jokes
663
How did the tree feel in spring? (self.dadjokes)
submitted March 24, 2018 by captainkrinking
Releaved
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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