“What did one pickle say to the other on Valentine’s Day?”/“You mean a great dill to me.”

A pickle riddle is:
 
Q: What did one pickle say to the other on Valentine’s Day?
A: “You mean a great dill to me.”
 
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2001.
 
   
Google Books
Extremely Good Clean Jokes for Kids
By Bob Phillips
Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers
2001
Pg. 122:
Lila: What did one pickle say to the other?
Lorenzo: I pass.
Lila: You mean a great dill to me.
     
Google Groups: news.admin.net-abuse.sightings
[email] ***Thought & Humor - French Edition*** - First Published In Last Century
Alexander Rogge
4/1/03
(...)
What did one pickle say to the other?
“You mean a great dill to me.”

Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Valentine Riddles
Stan Kegel
2/10/05
(...)
What did one pickle say to the other?
“You mean a great dill to me.”
   
2 June 2005, Wisconsin Stated Journal (Madison, WI), “Till Death Do Us Part,” pg. F5:
iDopey joke o’ the day
Q: What did the boy pickle say to the girl pickle?
A: “You mean a great dill to me.”
 
Twitter
Lolly Daskal
‏@LollyDaskal
V-DAY HUMOR: What did the boy pickle say to the girl pickle on Valentine’s Day?..........You mean a great dill to me!
11:31 PM - 13 Feb 2009
 
Google Books
A Man Walks Into a Bar 3
By Jonathan Swan
London: Ebury Press
2010
Pg. 112:
What did one pickle say to the other? You mean a great dill to me.
 
Google Books
Wimpy Kid Jokes About Love & Valentines!:
The Ultimate Book of Valentines Jokes, RIddles, Fun Trivia, Facts, Puns and More!
By Marcus Stuart
LOL Kids Books
2016
Pg.?:
What did one pickle say to the other?
“You mean a great dill to me.”