A gum riddle is:
Q: What did the shoe say to the gum?
A: “Stick with me and we’ll go places.”
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1987.
27 December 1987, Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, AR), “Send Me a Riddle,” comics sec., pg. ?:
Q: WHAT DID THE SHOE SAY TO THE GUM?
A: STICK WITH ME AND WE’LL GO PLACES.
KELLEE BRADFORD, DALY CITY, CA
Google Books
Super Silly Riddles
By Charles Keller
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2002
Pg. 13:
What did the shoe say to the gum?
“Stick with me and we’ll go places.”
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6/9/09
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Q. What did the shoe say to the gum?
A. Stick with me and we will go places
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Google Books
LOL: A Load of Laughs and Jokes for Kids
By Craig Yoe
New York, NY: Little Simon
2017
Pg. 286:
Q: What did the shoe say to the piece of gum?
A: “Stick with me and we’ll go places!”
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Submitted January 2, 2018 by knee_growedz
Stick with me, and you’ll go places
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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