“What does garlic do when it gets hot?”/“It takes its cloves off.”

“Cloves” sounds—to some—like “clothes.” “So the onion says to the garlic ‘Hey love, why don’t you take your cloves off’” was posted on Twitter on October 26, 2011. “What did the garlic sing to the jalapeño pepper? A: ‘I am getting so hot, I’m gonna take my cloves off!’” was posted on Twitter on November 20, 2012.
 
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 2, 2018:
 
Q: What does garlic do when it gets hot?
A: It takes its cloves off.
 
           
Wikipedia: Garlic
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species in the onion genus, Allium.
 
Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion. Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran, and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use. It was known to ancient Egyptians, and has been used both as a food flavoring and as a traditional medicine.
 
Twitter     
Oliver Taylor
@olliegtaylor
So the onion says to the garlic “Hey love, why don’t you take your cloves off.”
10:01 AM - 26 Oct 2011
 
Twitter
Lord Cammy Innes
@cammyinnes
So the Onion says to the Garlic “Hey Love, why dont you take your cloves off.”
10:37 PM - 10 May 2012
   
Twitter
Cookie
@TurnerOfScrews
What did the garlic sing to the jalapeño pepper?
A: ‘I am getting so hot, I’m gonna take my cloves off!’ #salsainspiredjokes
10:18 PM - 20 Nov 2012
 
Twitter
BM
@BarryMarelli
So how do you make Garlic get naked?
Well first, you ask it to take its cloves off.
9:20 AM - 30 Aug 2015
   
Reddit—Jokes
What does garlic do when it gets hot?
submitted March 2, 2018 by jcrkr
It takes its cloves off.
   
Twitter
Best of Reddit
@BestoReddit
What does garlic do when it gets hot? : It takes its cloves off.
8:56 AM - 2 Mar 2018
 
Twitter
LaffGaff
@LaffGaff
What does garlic do when it gets hot?
It takes its cloves off.
#funny #jokes #jokeoftheday
5:12 PM - 7 Mar 2018