A fishing riddle is:
Q: What’s the best way to catch a fish?
A: Have someone throw it to you.
The riddle was printed in many American newspapers in 1965.
27 June 1965, Indianapolis (IN) Star, “Riddle Box,” sec. 2, pg. 4, col. 3:
What is the best way to catch a fish?
Have someone throw it to you.
14 January 1973, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, “Today’s Riddles,” pg. 8-K, col. 5:
What’s the best way to catch a fish?
Get someone to throw it to you.
21 November 1994, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, “Riddles,” pg. 2D:
What is the best way to catch a fish?
Have someone throw it to you.
12 May 1996, Newsday (Long Island, NY), “Smiles,” Kidsday, pg. K1:
What is the best way to catch a fish?
Have someone toss it to you.
- Tiffany Konklewski, Deer Park
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Whats the best way to catch a fish? Have someone throw it to you.
10:33 PM - 3 Jan 2009
10 October 2017, News Mail Bundaberg (Bundaberg, Queensland), pg. 15:
What’s the best way to catch a fish?
Have someone throw it at you.
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What’s the best way to catch a fish?
Have
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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.
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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