“Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?”

“Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?” is a jocular one-liner that has been cited in print since at least 2006. It’s not known who first used the line.
 
     
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dsnette
Posted 20 June 2006 - 09:46 AM
www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/question.html
Where do they get the seeds to plant seedless watermelons?
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Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?
     
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Darin
‏@DarinRMcClure
Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?
8:49 PM - 11 Jan 2008
 
Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2008
Busy Holidays..
I am watching “White Christmas” for the 20+ time because it is a tradition Pepper started ages ago with her family, so now we watch it with our kids.
(First blog post.—ed.)
 
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God Minded
‏@RickyReck
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10:49 AM - 12 Dec 2009
 
Google Books
February 2012, Boys’ Life, pg. 52, col. 2:
Warped Wiseman Wonders: “Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?”
Sean Siebert, Bergenfield, N.J.
   
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