“Do I like my coffee black? There are other colors?” is a jocular line that has been printed on several images. THe joke has been cited in print since at least 1966, when this was published in many newspapers:
Waiter: Do you want your coffee black?
Customer: What other colors do you have?
15 February 1966, Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), “Fun Time—The Chuckle Box” by A. Leokum, pg. 33, col. 2:
Waiter: Do you want your coffee black?
Customer: What other colors do you have?
29 January 1969, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, “Ramblings” by Jim Lewis, Entertainment, pg. 7, col. 4:
Jim-A-Ling: The next time you’re asked if you want your coffee black, ask what other colors they have to offer!
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September 1971, Boys’ Life, “Think and Grin,” pg. 90 ,col. 2:
Waiter: Would you like your coffee black?
Customer: What other colors do you have?—Danny Smythe, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
18 February 1973, Great Falls (MT) Tribune, “Mini Jokes,” The Mini Page, pg. 3, col. 1:
Waiter: Sir would you like your coffee black?
Customers: What other colors do you have?
Patricia Yirsa, Big Sandy, Montana
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The All-New Clean Joke Book
By Bob Phillips
Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers
1990
Pg. 180:
Waiter: Would you like your coffee black?
Customer: What other colors do you have?
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Retweeting @ComicTwit: Waiter: Would you like your coffee black? Customer: What other colors do you have?
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Do I like my coffee black? There are other colors?
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Do I like my coffee black? There are other colors? ~Author Unknown
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Chicken Soup for the Coffee Lover’s Soul:
Celebrating the Perfect Blend
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and THeresa Peluso
Cos Cob, CT: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
2013
Pg. ?:
Do I like my coffee black?
There are other colors?
Author Unknown
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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