“What’s a three-season bed?”/“One without a spring.”
A joke was printed in The Christian Science Monitor in September 1926 and widely reprinted in newspapers:
“Out in the country where I spent my vacation they gave me one of those three-season beds.”
“Never heard of them.”
“No spring.”
“What’s a three-season bed? One without a spring” was posted on Reddit—Cleanjokes on November 2, 2021.
Newspapers.com
30 September 1926, Kansas City (MO) Star, pg. 17, col. 2:
The Bunk.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
“Out in the country where I spent my vacation they gave me one of those three-season beds.”
“Never heard of them.”
“No spring.”
Google Books
June 1962, Boys’ Life, “Think and Grin,” pg. 74, col. 1:
Jake: What kind of bed is a three season bed?
Jane: I don’t know.
Jake: One without a spring. — Edward Loy, Winchester, Va.
Google Books
The Gigantic Joke Book
By Joseph Rosenbloom
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1978
Pg. 196:
Pitter: I have a three-season bed.
Pat: What is a three-season bed?
Pitter: One without a spring.
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Posted by u/SheldonE65 November 2, 2021
What’s a three-season bed?
One without a spring.