A children’s number riddle is:
Q: Why is 6 afraid of 7?
A: Because 7 8 (ate) 9.
A popular variation is:
Q: Why is 6 afraid of 7?
A: Because 7 is a registered 6 offender.
“Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 is a registered sex offender” was posted on Twitter on September 20, 2010. This variation has been printed on GIFs.
“6 was afraid of 7 because 7, 8, 9, but why did 7 eat 9?”/“Because you’re supposed to eat 3 squared meals a day” is a related joke.
Twitter
hail zorp
@whitxtwigz
Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 is a registered sex offender.
4:30 AM - 30 Sep 2010
Twitter
⚾️Neil Foot ⚾️
@NeilFoot
@SarahKSilverman why is six afraid of seven?
Because seven is a registered sex offender.
2:02 AM - 28 Oct 2010
Twitter
Ariana Singer
@arianasinger
Why is 6 afraid of 7. Because 7 is a registered 6 offender 😛 http://myloc.me/ebeuG
11:31 AM - 13 Nov 2010
Twitter
Adam Ferguson
@ConsumedByFilm
@pearlypops why is 6 scared of 7? because 7 is a registered six offender.
6:50 PM - 22 Nov 2010
Bodybuilding.com
Reps to whoever can answer “Why was 6 afraid of 7” most inappropriately…
SlippyFist
11-27-2010, 03:37 PM
because 7 is a registered sex offender.
Google Groups: FLoEG
FLoEG Newsletter: Issue Three
Eric Brower
6/5/13
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7 is a registered six offender.
reddit
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
submitted March 24, 2015 by dkobjerowski
Because 7 is a registered 6 offender.
YouTube
Jokes - Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven is a registered six offender.
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Published on Oct 5, 2015
Joke :
Why was six afraid of seven?
Because seven is a registered six offender.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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