"What flies around all day but never goes…

A flag riddle is:

Q: What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?
A: A flag.

“Q: What flies but never goes anywhere? A: A flag!” was printed in the Shreveport (LA) Journal on July 1, 1975. “Riddle Of The Day For Students: What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?- A flag” was posted on Twitter by Teachnology.com on July 20, 2011.

Newspapers.com
1 July 1975, Shreveport (LA) Journal, “Mini Jokes,” pg. B4, col. 1:
Q: What flies but never goes anywhere?
A: A flag!
Danny Anderson, 10, Bossier City

Newspapers.com
10 May 1992, Ottawa (ON) Citizen, “Jokes,” pg. C10 col. 3:
Q: What flies but never goes anywhere?
A: A flag.
(Submitted by Jennifer Malcolm, 6, of Kanata.)

1 February 2003, Evening Mail (Birmingham, UK), “Jokes Corner,” pg. 32:
WHAT flies but never goes anywhere? A flag!

Google Books
The Usborne Book of Really Awful Jokes
By Laura Howell
Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing
2005
Pg. 36:
Teacher: Today’s lesson is about riddles. What flies but never goes anywhere?
Pupil: Um..a lost homing pigeon?
Teacher: Good try, but the answer is a flag.

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