A calendar riddle is:
Q: What do calendars eat?
A: Dates.
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2010.
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Vidhi Agrawal
@n0m_nom
What do you calendars eat? DATES
12:11 AM · Feb 15, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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Kara
@karahendy
What do calendars eat? DATES! imcool.
6:45 PM · Feb 16, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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Bárbara
@BarboUTF
What do calendars eat? .... DATES!!!! xD
11:41 PM · Feb 23, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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Tee
@ay0TEE
#weakjokes what do calendars eat ? *dates
1:42 AM · Mar 23, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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zwiebelzwiebel1
@zwiebelzwiebel1
Q: What do calendars eat? A: Dates
11:05 AM · Sep 2, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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Dara Perez
@dara_perez
What do calendar eat? Dates haahahha
11:29 AM · Mar 3, 2011·Twitter for BlackBerry®
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Lottie Greenlees
@LottieGreenlees
Replying to @tyger
@tdh1996 what does a calendar eat? DATES!
4:54 AM · Aug 3, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
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Madison Inglett
@Madison_Inglett
Replying to @haleyagrant
@haleyagrant what does a calendar eat? DATES #crackmyselfup
9:50 PM · Nov 12, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
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Marvin Vasquez
@Marvinov11
What do calendar eat?
Dates !
5:31 AM · Jun 26, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
6 September 2013, Fraser Coast Chronicle (Maryborough, Queensland), pg. 16:
Q: What do calendars eat?
A: Dates.
Google Books
The Super, Epic, Mega Joke Book for Kids
By Whee Winn
Grand Rapids, MI: Zonderkidz
2016
Pg. ?:
What do calendars eat?
Dates.
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Shoshanah Shoshana Shoshanna Shoshannah Shana Lee
@ShoshanahMarohn
Q: What do calendars eat?
A: Dates.
Sorry.
#coloring #calendar http://shoshanah.space/product/artsy-fartsy-2018-colorable-calendar/
3:05 PM · Oct 26, 2017·Twitter for iPad
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GNolan
@GNolan01
What do calendars eat? Dates!
3:41 PM · May 14, 2021·Twitter Web App
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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