“How do you get rid of a boomerang?”/“Throw it down a one-way street.”
A boomerang riddle is:
Q: How do you get rid of a boomerang?
A: Throw it down a one-way street.
The joke was printed in The Sun-Herald (Sydney, New South Wales) on July 8, 1973.
Newspapers.com
8 July 1973, The Sun-Herald (Sydney, New South Wales), comic sec., pg. 7, col. 2:
Q. How do you get rid of a boomerang?
A. Throw it down a one-way street.
—Sue Russell (15), North Balgowlah.
Newspapers.com
20 April 1993, Chicago (IL) Tribune, Kidnews, sec. 7, pg. 11, col. 4:
Q. How do you get rid of a boomerang?
A. Throw it down a one-way street.
Google Books
Where’s Waldo?:
The Really Remarkable Activity Book
By Martin Handford
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press
1996
Pg. ?:
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one-way street.
Google Books
Extremely Good Clean Jokes for Kids
By Bob Phillips
Eugene, OR: Harvest House
2001
Pg. 126:
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one-way street.
Twitter
Ron Lester
@RonLesterRadio
How do you get rid of a boomerang? Throw it down a one way street
2:02 AM · Nov 14, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Google Books
Best Ever Classroom Jokes:
Because some of us never grow up
By Mike Haskins
London, UK: Pavilion Books
2015
Pg. ?:
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one-way street.
Twitter
Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#mondaymirth
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one way street. 😁
11:40 PM · Feb 9, 2020·Crowdfire App