A popular seafood pun is:
“I went to a seafood disco last week…and pulled a mussel.”
The “pulled a mussel/muscle” pun has been cited in print since at least 2003.
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Whateverafter
11/4/03
(...)
I went to a seafood disco last week…. and pulled a mussel.
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Puns of the Weak 05-17-04
Stan Kegel
5/25/04
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I went to a seafood disco rave last week…and pulled a mussel. (Judy K.)
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Seafood Disco
Cranky Cat
7/8/04
I went to a seafood disco last week…..
and pulled a mussel.
Google Books
April 2010, Boys’ Life, ‘Think & Grin,” pg. 56, col. 3:
Tobin: What happened to your leg?
Matt: I went to a seafood dance last night.
Tobin: And?
Matt: I pulled a mussel!
Matt Kent, Omaha, Neb.
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2012
Pg. ?:
I went to a seafood disco party last week and pulled a mussel.
Google Books
Of Wit N Humour
Compiled by Vincent Thnay
Lulu Press, Inc. (Lulu.com)
2015
Pg. ?:
I went to a seafood disco last week ... and pulled a mussel.—Unknown
North Devon Journal (UK)
The 21 worst jokes of all time, celebrating “Tell an old joke day”
By NDJJournal2 | Posted: July 24, 2015
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9. I went to a seafood disco last week… and pulled a mussel.
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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.
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