“What is a crazy pickle?”/“A daffydill.”
A pickle riddle is:
Q: What is a crazy pickle?
A: A daffy dill (daffodil).
“If a Daffydil’s a crazy pickle will it make a night blooming cereus?” was printed in a 1911 newspaper. “Is a daffydill a flower or a crazy pickle?” was printed in 1957 newspapers.
21 June 1911, Tucson (AZ)
, “Daffydils,” pg. 6, col. 2:
If a Daffydil’s a crazy pickle will it make a night blooming cereus?
30 January 1957, Tyrone (PA) Daily Herald, “Noah Numskull,” pg. 9, col. 5:
DEAR NOAH -
IS A DAFFYDILL A FLOWER OR A CRAZY PICKLE?
RAY N. PARKS
SOUTH HAVEN, MINN.
3 April 1966, Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV), “Archie” comic strip by Bob Montana, comics sec., pg. ?, col. 7:
WHAT’S A “CRAZY PICKLE”?
A DAFFY-DILL!
Google Books
Biggest Riddle Book in the World
By Joseph Rosenbloom
Illustrated by Joyce Behr
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing COmpany, Inc.
1976
Pg. 65:
What is a crazy pickle?
A daffydill.
18 June 1992, The Sun (Baltimore, MD), “Riddles ‘n Giggles,” comics sec., pg. ?. col. 7:
What do you call a crazy pickle?
A daffy dill.
Google Books
Riddles
By Vas Gratian
New Delhi: Sterling Publishers
2006
Pg. 74:
What is a crazy pickle?
Google Books
Ready, Set, Grow!:
A Kid’s Guide to Gardening
By Rebecca Spohn
Culver City, CA: Good Year Books
2007
Pg. 31:
What flower is like a crazy pickle?
A “daffy” dill.
Twitter
megs
@standardmgc
@Ashton5SOS what do you call a crazy pickle? A daffy-dill. You’ll be getting these lame jokes everyday until you follow me.
11:57 AM - 6 Jun 2014
Twitter
Bill Helton
@7colonel7
Corny joke…What really is a Daffodil? A Crazy Pickle!
11:55 AM - 5 Jan 2016
Alabama, USA