“Where do ants go to eat?”/“At a restaurant.”

An ant riddle is:
 
Q: Where do ants go to eat?
A: At a restaurant.
 
The “restaur-ant” pun has been cited in print since at least 2006.
 
         
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Where do ants go to eat ?
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Google Books
Interactive Read-Aloud Anthology with Plays
By Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company.
New York, NY: Macmillan/McGraw Hill
2006
Pg. 127:
Where do ants go to eat? A restaur-ant.
 
18 November 2007, Sunday Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales), “The Funday Telegraph” by Richie Lamberton, pg. 1:
Where do ants go to eat?
A RESTAUR-ANT!
   
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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
Where do ants go to eat ?At a restaurant !
 
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Where do ants go to eat ?
At a restaurant !
 
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