“Jokes about German sausage are the wurst”

Wurst has the worst puns. “German sausage ads are the wurst” was cited on Twitter on September 23, 2009. “German sausage puns are the wurst” was cited on Twitter on December 4, 2010.
 
“Jokes about German sausage are the wurst” was cited on Twitter on December 18, 2011, and soon went viral. The jocular saying has been printed on bumper stickers, posters, buttons and T-shirts.
 
 
Twitter
jonathan riley
‏@jonathan_riley
this goes past enticing right into scary. german sausage ads are the wurst. via @DougSaunders http://pic.gd/477f51
6:21 AM - 23 Sep 2009
 
Twitter
Henry Carden
‏@henrycarden
Off to the Christkindelmarkt in Leeds tonight. Going to try hard not to make any bad German sausage related puns. Those puns are the wurst.
10:15 AM - 18 Nov 2010
 
Twitter
Wynne McLaughlin
‏@SpacemanQuisp
German sausage puns are the wurst.
2:42 PM - 4 Dec 2010
 
Twitter
Christopher Cooper
‏@CallMeCooper91
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst #punny
11:59 AM - 18 Dec 2011
 
Twitter
Bryan Kong
‏@slipperykong
German sausage jokes are the wurst.
2:00 AM - 21 Dec 2011
 
Google Books
All Kinds of Humor:
Jokes, Quips, and Fun Stuff for Many Occasions, Book 2
By Frank Verano
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris.com)
2012
Pg. 206:
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
   
Google Books
Chuckle, Giggle, Snort!:
Quips Collected By Karen Money Williams
By Karen Money Williams
Published by author
2013
Pg. ?:
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
 
reddit
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst! (i.imgur.com)
submitted April 28, 2013 by wpom
 
Google Books
The Loch Ness Punster
By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2015
Pg. 41:
Remember all those awful jokes you used to tell? The puns were the worst.
I thought jokes about German sausage were the wurst.
 
Google Books
Of Wit N Humour
Compiled by Vincent Thnay
Lulu Press, Inc. (Lulu.com)
2015
Pg. ?:
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.—Unknown