A joke about a cheeseburger is:
Q: How do you make a cheeseburger sad?
A: Make it with blue cheese.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2002.
“How do you make a hamburger laugh?"/"Pickle it” is a related riddle.
Scatty (February 20, 2002)
How do you make a cheeseburger sad?
Make it with blue cheese!
Titled Forum Project
Stiltzkin
08-01-2003, 10:12 PM
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How do you make a cheeseburger sad?
Make it with blue cheese!
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Amanda Faria
@Mandawood
how do you make a cheeseburger sad? Make it with blue cheese. BAHAAHAHHAHAHAHA (: i laughed so hard. im such a nerd.
5:47 PM - 12 Oct 2009
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teddysbiggerburgers
@teddysburgers
How do you make a cheeseburger sad?
Make it with blue cheese!
COME TO TEDDY’S AND TRY OUR BACON BLEU CHEESE BURGER....IT’S SOOOOOO DELISH!
2:15 PM - 29 Oct 2009
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. 110:
How do you make a cheeseburger sad?
Make it with blue cheese.
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Burger Burger
December 27, 2015 ·
How do you make a cheeseburger sad?
Make it with blue cheese!
Twitter
Joker Takeaway
@JokerTakeaway
How do you make a cheeseburger sad? Make it with blue cheese! #joke #burger #jokeoftheday
1:15 PM - 6 May 2016
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