A fish riddle has been cited in print since at least 1983:
Q: Why is it easy to weigh a fish?
A: Because it has its own scales.
“How do you tune a fish?”/“With its scales” is a similar fish riddle.
11 February 1983, The News Beacon (Fair Lawn, NJ), “Children’s Comedy Corner,” g. 4, col. 2:
Why is it easy to weigh a fish?
Because it has its own scales.
20 July 1991, Vancouver (BC) Sun, “SunRays” by Marilyn Stusiak, pg. A13, col. 2:
Why is it easy to weigh a fish?
Because they have their own scales.
Google Books
The Penguin’s Put-Downs, Jokes and Riddles
By Scott Franklin and Batton Lash
New York, NY: T. Doherty
1992
Pg. 65:
Why does The Penguin find it so easy to weigh fish?
Because they have their own scales!
Google Books
Little Humor:
Over 100 Big Laughs from the Mouths of Babes
By Lorry Erickson
Reiman Publications, L.P.
2003
Pg. 88:
Why is it easy to weigh fish?
They all have their own scales.
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Why are fish so easy to weigh?
They come with their own scales! (Erin, 10)
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Q. Why is it easy to weigh a fish?
A : Because it has its own scales.
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Posted by u/mgjcsaldivar July 25, 2017
Why is a fish easy to weigh?
Because it has its own scales!
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Posted by u/Slats7 September 18, 2017
Why are Fish easy to weigh?
Because they have their own scales.
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Posted by u/ct2k7 December 5, 2019
Why are fish easy to weigh?
They have their own scales!
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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.
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