An “apartment” is called a “flat” in the United Kingdom. A riddle is:
Q: What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment?
A: A flat fish.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2006.
Google Books
Penguin Pocket Jokes
By David Pickering
London, UK: Penguin Books
2006
Pg. ?:
What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment?
A flat fish.
Klosi Jokes
Category: Fishing jokes
Date Added: 11/10/2007
Joke: What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment ? A flat fish !
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Fish Chat
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What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment?...A flat fish
5:35 AM - 3 May 2009
Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment ? A flat fish !
6 January 2016, Herald Express (Torquay, UK), “Jokes,” pg. 13:
What do you get if you cross a trout with an apartment? A flat fish!
13 November 2016, Daily Star Sunday (London, UK), “Joke Bloke,” pg. 19:
WHAT do you get if you cross a trout with a luxury apartment? A flat fish.
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What do you get if you cross a trout with an
apartment ?
A flat fish !
#Joke from #FishingJokes in #Jokes, #Humor and #Satire
9:51 AM - 13 Nov 2017
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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.
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