“What’s the difference between a college student and a camel?”/“A camel can go without drinking.”

A college drinking riddle is:
 
Q: What is the difference between a college student and a camel?
A: The camel can go five days without drinking.
 
“The difference between an engineering undergrad and a camel is that the camel can work for three days without drinking” was posted on the newsgroup uk.religion.christian on April 23, 2003. “What’s the difference between a camel and a medical student?” has been cited in print since at least 2012.
 
“Q: What is the difference between a college student and a camel? A: The camel can go five days without drinking” was posted on Twitter on January 27, 2013.
 
   
Google Groups: uk.religion.christian
Did Jesus have to be crucified
Bob Billing (AKA Uncle Bob)
4/23/03
Nick Milton wrote:
> Knowing the way students operate, I expect you were as consoled as a
> newt
 
The difference between an engineering undergrad and a camel is that the camel can work for three days without drinking, the undergrad can…
 
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2012
Pg. ?:
What’s the difference between a camel and a medical student?
A camel can go five days without drinking.
 
Twitter
Orange Krush‏
@bradlacellee
What’s the difference between a camel and a medical student?.. A camel can go 5 days without drinking.
9:45 AM - 1 Apr 2012
 
Twitter
Brett‏
@SuperGravyMan
Replying to @a_citysleeps
@stormoflovato Q: What is the difference between a college student and a camel?
A: The camel can go five days without drinking.
8:53 PM - 27 Jan 2013
   
19 September 2013, The Observer (Gladstone, Queensland), “Joke of the Day,” pg. 10:
Q: What is the difference between a college student and a camel?
A: The camel can go five days without drinking.
 
Twitter
Jeremy Sardella‏
@jsardella94
What’s the difference between a college student and a camel you ask? Well the camel can go a week without drinking…
11:41 AM - 28 Jul 2014
 
Reddit—Jokes
What is the difference between a camel and a college student?
submitted March 23, 2015 by Axemic
Camel can go days without drinking!
 
Twitter
Steph Kraus‏
@onegoal1988
Random old man:“what’s the difference between a camel and a college student? Camels can go 5 days without drinking.” I guess we look rough 😂
1:02 PM - 11 Sep 2016
 
Reddit—Jokes
Whats he difference between a camel and a college student?
submitted July 9, 2017 by Axemic
Camel can go daaaays without drinking.