An Easter riddle is:
Q: Why do we paint Easter eggs?
A: Because it’s easier than trying to wallpaper them.
The joke was posted to the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on April 18, 2003.
“Why do we color Easter eggs?”/“Because Jesus dyed for your sins” is another Easter egg riddle.
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Puns of the Weak 04-18-03
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Why do we paint Easter eggs?
Because it’s easier than trying to wallpaper them! (Lewis, 8)
Google Groups: alt.cuddle
Easter Giggles (2/3)
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Why do we paint Easter eggs?
Because it’s easier than trying to wallpaper them!
30 March 2005, Dunville (ON) Chronicle, “BBQ season is here” by Charles Quail, pg. C2:
One of the chaps here told me why they paint Easter eggs - it’s much easier than wallpapering them.
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Easter HAHA: Q: Why do we paint Easter eggs? A: Because it’s easier than trying to wallpaper them!
9:01 PM - 12 Apr 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. 79:
Why do we paint Easter eggs?
Because it’s easier than trying to wallpaper them.
Google Books
Funny Easter Jokes For Kids
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. ?:
Why do we paint Easter eggs?
Because it’s easier than trying to wallpaper them!
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