“How often should you wear gloves in the winter?”/“Intermittenly.”

A joke about winter mittens was printed in the “Cryptoquip” column in many newspapers on February 1, 2008:
 
“I don’t really love having gloves on my hands. THat’s why I only wear them inter-mitten-ly.”
 
A similar pun was posted to Reddit—Dad Jokes on February 13, 2017:
 
Q: How often should you wear gloves in the winter?
A: Intermittenly.
   
   
1 February 2008, Albuquerque (NM) Journal, “Cryptoquip,” pg. C2, col. 5:
Yesterday’s Cryptoquip: I DON’T REALLY LOVE HAVING GLOVES ON MY HANDS. THAT’S WHY I ONLY WEAR THEM INTER-MITTEN-LY.
   
Google Groups: trevs-daily-family-post
TREV- Jest For Kids 07-15-10
theoldfella
7/15/10
(...)
“I’ve mixed up my pairs of gloves,” Tom said intermittenly.
 
Twitter
Stephen Bergstrom
‏@CrankyViking99
@mattfraction Unlike CalTrans, who’ve at times used “intermittenly.”
Looks like something to do with knit gloves, I tell you.
8:44 AM - 7 Sep 2011
 
Twitter
Karl
‏@karlstrauss
So cold been wearing gloves intermittenly today
4:09 PM - 5 Jan 2012
 
Twitter
The No Show
‏@The_No_Show
Sometimes I wear gloves but only intermittenly.
4:49 AM - 14 Feb 2013
 
Twitter
injenuwitty
‏@MsCourtReporter
Someone who only puts on winter gloves occasionally might be said to wear them intermittenly.
2:13 PM - 7 Jan 2014
   
Reddit—Dad Jokes
How often should you wear gloves in the winter? (self.dadjokes)
submitted February 13, 2017 by itzybitzyfitzy
Intermittenly
 
The Amazingly Lame Joke of the Day
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
How often should you wear gloves in the winter?
Intermittenly.
Posted by Tim Wycislak at 9:48 AM