Apricots aren’t made from apes or cots, but there’s a riddle:
Q: What are apricots?
A: Where monkeys sleep.
The joke was posted on Twitter on September 15, 2009.
Twitter
mark_balstad24
@mark_balstad24
What are apricots? Where monkeys sleep.
7:43 PM - 15 Sep 2009
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes:
Humour for the whole family
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. ?:
What are apricots?
Where baby monkeys sleep.
Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
What are apricots?Where monkeys sleep.
YouTube
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Published on Jan 22, 2016
What are apricots?
Where monkeys sleep.
Twitter
Arun Prasaad
@arun_prasaad
What are apricots? Where monkeys sleep.
12:02 PM - 7 Apr 2016
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