A “hamster” sounds like a pet made out of ham. A riddle is:
Q: What is small, furry, and smells like bacon?
A: A ham-ster.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2005.
Google Books
Sit! Stay! Laugh!:
A Book of Pet Jokes
By Michael Dahl
Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books
2005
Pg. 21:
What is small, furry, and smells like bacon?
A ham-ster.
Google Books
The Everything Kids’ Gross Jokes Book:
Side-splitting Jokes That Make Your Skin Crawl!
By Aileen Weintraub
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2005
Pg. ?:
What is small, furry, and smells like bacon?
A hamster.
Twitter
Bollywood Sargam
@bollywoodsargam
A hamster! Joke: |What is small, furry and smells like bacon?A hamster! .... http://bit.ly/gvB5X
12:47 AM - 23 Aug 2009
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes:
Humour for the whole family
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. ?:
What is small, furry, and smells like bacon?
A hamster.
Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
“What is small, furry and smells like bacon ? A hamster !”
Twitter
Lucky Score
@LuckyScoreNet
What is small, furry and smells like bacon?
A
hamster.
#Joke from #FoodJokes in #Jokes, #Humor and #Satire
9:20 PM - 2 Oct 2017
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.
Recent entries:
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“Instead of conspiracy theorist, I prefer to be called a connect the dots specialist” (3/20)
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“Let’s reduce drunk driving by taking cars away from sober drivers” (3/20)
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“When the Berlin Wall fell, which side did the people run to?” (3/20)
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“You are being conditioned to give up your rights every time there’s a crisis” (3/20)
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Entry in progress—BP (3/20)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
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.
This site is edited by Barry Popik.