A popular “Yo’ mama joke is:
“Yo’ mama is so dumb, when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran out with a spoon.”
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1993.
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Insults
Nathan Mates
2/15/93
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Your Mama’s So stupid, when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran outside with a spoon
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Your Mother ...
Joe Klein, I3.KI 2675
5/26/93
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stupid, when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran outside with a spoon
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YOUR MAMA
JOEL ENNIS
10/5/93
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THE OTHER DAY I TOLD YOUR MAMA IT WAS CHILLY OUTSIDE AND SHE GOT A SPOON
Google Books
Over 1500 Fantastic Jokes
By Guy Campbell and Paul Moran
London: Dean
2002
Pg. 255:
When your Mum said it was chilly outside, he ran outside with a spoon.
Google Books
A Prairie Home Companion
Pretty Good Joke Book
By Brian Becker
Minneapolis, MN: HighBridge
2003
Pg. 79:
Yo’ mama is so dumb, when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran out with a spoon.
Google Books
Yo’ Mama Is So...:
892 Insults, Comebacks, Putdowns, and Wisecracks About Yo’ Whole Family
By Hugh Payne
New York, NY: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
2007
Pg. 16:
When yo’ daddy said it was chilly outside, yo’ mama ran out with a spoon.
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@ArtByPush
@DJKISSBEATS Yo mama is so fat AND stupid, ur dad said it was chilly outside so she ran outside with a spoon!
8:32 PM - 2 Jul 2009
Twitter
Ty Is_Opinionated
@621PretttyTy
Ya momma is so dumb, I told her it was chilly outside. She went to get a spoon.
12:11 PM - 9 Mar 2016
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Ernie’s got #jokes
YOUR MOTHER IS SO UNEDUCATED THAT SHE RAN FOR A SPOON WHEN SHE HEARD IT WAS ‘CHILLY’ OUTSIDE
8:23 PM - 27 Apr 2016
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