“How do you insult a hamburger patty?”/“Call it a meatball!”

A hamburger riddle is:
 
Q: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
A: Call it a meatball.
 
The joke was printed in the book One Hundred and One Hamburger Jokes (1978) by Phil Hirsch.
 
             
Google Books
One Hundred and One Hamburger Jokes
By Phil Hirsch
Mew York, NY: Scholastic Book Services
1978
Pg. 10:
How do you insult a hamburger?
Call it a meatball!
 
17 July 1979, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, “Jokes by You,” pg. 5C, col. 8:
Q: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
A: Call it a meatball.
Kevin Schoene
 
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October 1981, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 82, col. 3:
Jon: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
Don: Call it a meatball. — Fernando Vina, Sacramento, Calif.
 
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10:54 AM - 31 Aug 2009
   
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The Best Jokes I’ve Heard, Volume 2
By Douglas Blankenship
BLoomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2011
Pg. 240:
Q: How do you insult a hamburger patty?
A: Call it a meatball.
   
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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
How do you insult a hamburger patty?Call it a meatball!
 
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How do you insult a hamburger patty?
Call it
a meatball!
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4:21 PM - 5 Jan 2018