“When doesn’t a telephone work underwater?”/“When it’s wringing wet.”

Cell phones often don’t work when they get wet. A telephone riddle is:
 
Q: When doesn’t a telephone work underwater?
A: When it’s wringing wet.
 
The “ringing”/“wringing” pun has been cited in print since at least 2007.
 
             
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Category: Telephone jokes
Date Added: 11/10/2007
Joke: When doesnt a telephone work underwater? When its wringing wet!
 
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26 September 2010, The Sunday Mail (Adelaide, Australia), “Holiday Fun Guide Giggles,” pg. 3:
Q When doesn’t a telephone work underwater?
A When it’s wringing wet!
   
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes:
Humour for the whole family
By Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. ?:
When doesn’t a telephone work underwater?
When it’s wringing wet.
     
Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
When doesn’t a telephone work underwater? When it’s wringing wet!
 
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Lucky Score
@LuckyScoreNet
When doesn’t a telephone work
underwater?
When it’s wringing wet!
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11:59 PM - 26 Apr 2018