People usually eat turkey—and not fish—on Thanksgiving, and there’s a riddle:
Q; Why don’t you eat fish on Thanksgiving?
A: Because Thanksgiving never falls on a FRY-day.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2006.
“What day does an Easter egg hate the most?”/“Fry-day” and “What’s the best day to eat bacon?”/“Fry-day” are other “Fry-day” riddles.
Brownielocks—Thanksgiving Jokes and Riddles (November 17, 2006)
1. Why don’t you eat fish on Thanksgiving?
Because Thanksgiving never falls on a Fry Day (Friday).
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Happy for the Giving Thanks day, fraunlevin!
Drew
11/22/06
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Why don’t you eat fish on Thanksgiving?
Because Thanksgiving never falls on a FRY-day.
Matchdoctor
Short Thanksgiving Jokes
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Why don’t you eat fish on Thanksgiving?
Because Thanksgiving never falls on a FRY-day.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanksgiving Jokes
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Why don’t you eat fish on Thanksgiving?
Because Thanksgiving never falls on a FRY-day.
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because Thanksgiving never falls on Fry-Day!
9:21 AM - 24 Nov 2010
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B.Ta
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why dont people eat fish on thanksgiving? because thanksgiving never falls on a FRY-day!!! haha happy thanksgiving to all
2:26 PM - 25 Nov 2010
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Denise Whelan
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Why don’t we eat fish on Thanksgiving? Because it doesn’t fall on a FRY-day.
6:31 AM - 20 Nov 2011
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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.
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