Olives are often eaten with toothpicks—especially the olives served in alcoholic drinks. A joke was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on January 9, 1992:
Q: What do you call a lady with a toothpick in her head?
A: Olive.
A slightly different version was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on December 1, 1995:
Q: What do you call a girl with a toothpick up her ass?
A: Olive.
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Simon Walmsley
1/9/92
(...)
What do you call a lady with a toothpick in her head?
Olive
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Nicholas CLarke
12/1/95
(...)
q: What do you call a girl with a toothpick up her ass?
a: Olive.
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Mat Lazarow
10/15/97
What do you call a women with a toothpick up her arse?
Olive
Google Books
The New Treasury of Gross Jokes
By Julius Alvin
New York, NY: Kensington Books
2004
Pg. 40:
What do you call a woman with a toothpick through her clit?
Olive.
28 August 2005, Sunday Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales), “The Funday Telegraph” by Richard Clune, pg. 13:
What do you call a lady with a toothpick in her head?
OLIVE
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Beverley-Anne Rolt
@TrendyKidzAust
What do you call a lady with a toothpick up her bum?.... OLIVE…..... Hehe ...... anyone else got any? Need a good sunday laugh
4:07 AM - 7 Jun 2009
8 January 2010, The Sun (London, UK), pg. 15:
WHAT do you call a woman with a toothpick in her head? Olive.
Google Books
Jokes:
Have a Laugh and Improve Your English
By Adrian Wallwork
Cham, Switzerland: Springer
2018
Pg. XXII:
What do you call a woman with a toothpick in her head?
Olive.
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lorraine Jo King
@LahLahBean
#tuesdaytitters
What do you call a lady sitting on a toothpick?
Olive.
10:30 PM - 27 Aug 2018
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