A school riddle is:
Q: Why do fish swim in schools?
A: Because they can’t walk in schools.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2004. when it was printed on a Laffy Taffy wrapper.
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Laffy Taffy Jokes (the worst jokes in the world)
Posted on February 18, 2004 by Hawthorn Mineart
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Why do fish swim in schools? — Because they can’t walk in schools.
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monday, 19 july, 2004 23:20 MAT
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Q: why do fish swim in schools?
A: because they can’t walk in schools.
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laffytaffy wrapper joke: why do fish swim in schools? because they can’t walk in schools. Who writes this stuff?
9:19 AM - 28 Feb 2008
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March 2009, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 55, col. 3:
Jaylun: Why do fish swim in schools?
Ray: I don’t know.
Jaylun: Because they can’t walk!
Jaylun Robinson, Greensboro, N.C.
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Just Jokes a Collection of Kids Jokes
By Phyllis Agles-Johnson
Raleigh, NC: LULU Publishing
2010
Pg. 71:
Q. Why do fish swim in schools?
A. Because they can’t WALK in schools!
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Because they can’t walk in schools.
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Why do fish swim in schools? Because they can’t walk in schools.
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