A popular children’s joke about grapes is:
Q: What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
A: Breathe!
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2007.
28 November 2007, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), pg. D1, col. 1:
Dopey joke o’ the day
Q: What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
A: Breathe!
Google Books
Mr. Potato Head Upside Down Joke World
By Steve Charney
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2008
Pg. 10:
There was a green grape and a purple grape in a kitchen. The green grape turned to the purple grape and said, “Breathe!”
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Kashmira Lad
November 27, 2008
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Q: What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
A: “Breathe, stupid!”
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@davidmarkland What did the green grape say to the purple grape? “Breathe!!”
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@Charlys_Mom
what did the green grape say to the purple grape???.......breathe man!
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@PushPlayDEREK what did the green grape say to the purple grape? Breathe you idiot Breathe!!!!
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Google Books
Preparing Children for Success in School and Life:
20 Ways to Increase Your Child’s Brain Power
By Marcia L. Tate
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
2011
Pg. 103:
What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
Breathe! Breathe!
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2012
Pg. ?:
What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
“Breathe! Breathe!”
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Grapes are sour?
Munaf
8/29/12
Q: What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
A: “BREATHE YOU IDIOT, BREATHE!”
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kay
11/13/14
What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
Answer: Breathe
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