A hamburger riddle is:
Q: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
A: Call it a meatball.
The joke was printed in the book One Hundred and One Hamburger Jokes (1978) by Phil Hirsch.
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One Hundred and One Hamburger Jokes
By Phil Hirsch
Mew York, NY: Scholastic Book Services
1978
Pg. 10:
How do you insult a hamburger?
Call it a meatball!
17 July 1979, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, “Jokes by You,” pg. 5C, col. 8:
Q: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
A: Call it a meatball.
Kevin Schoene
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October 1981, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 82, col. 3:
Jon: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
Don: Call it a meatball. — Fernando Vina, Sacramento, Calif.
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Bollywood Sargam
@bollywoodsargam
Burger jokes - 2227 Joke: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
Call it a meatball! .... http://bit.ly/FmzAZ
10:54 AM - 31 Aug 2009
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The Best Jokes I’ve Heard, Volume 2
By Douglas Blankenship
BLoomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2011
Pg. 240:
Q: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
A: Call it a meatball.
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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
How do you insult a hamburger patty?Call it a meatball!
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Lucky Score
@LuckyScoreNet
How do you insult a hamburger patty?
Call it
a meatball!
#Joke from #BurgerJokes in #Jokes, #Humor and #Satire
4:21 PM - 5 Jan 2018
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