“Where do fortune tellers dance?”/“At the crystal ball.”
People dance at a ball, but a “crystal ball” pun is:
Q: Where do fortune tellers dance?
A: At the crystal ball.
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 1984.
Google Books
The Zaniest Riddle Book in the World
By Joseph Rosenbloom
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1984
Pg. 26:
Where do fortune tellers dance?
At the crystal ball.
Google Books
Swine Lake:
Music & Dance Riddles
By Charles Keller
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
1985
Pg. ?:
What do you call a fortune tellers dance?
A crystal ball.
Google Books
Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps
By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
New York, NY: Yearling
1989
Pg. 67:
Q: Where do fortune-tellers dance?
A. At the crystal ball.
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Where do fortune tellers dance ?
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Where do fortune tellers dance?
At the crystal ball.
5 September 2006, The Daily Mirror (London, UK), “Greg’s giggle” edited by Fiona Parker, pg. 37:
Q: WHERE do fortune tellers dance?’
A: AT the crystal ball.
Twitter
NotSoBright.com
@NotSoBright
Where do fortune tellers dance? At the crystal ball.
8:00 AM - 7 Mar 2009
Google Books
Funny Fun Jokes 2015
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. 15:
Where do fortune tellers dance?
At the crystal ball.
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@mac_birmingham
Where do fortune tellers dance? At the crystal ball.
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