A Thanksgiving dinner table riddle is:
Q: On Thanksgiving, what’s always in the middle of the table?
A: The letter “b.”
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2009.
BrainDen.com—Brain Teasers
Guests
Posted November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone…..
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5. On Thanksgiving, what is always in the middleof the table?
123Friendster (April 22, 2011)
Thanksgiving Riddles
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Thanksgiving, what’s always in the middle of the table?
The letter “b.”
DESIComments.com (May 2, 2011)
Thanksgiving Riddles
Thanksgiving, what’s always in the middle of the table?
The letter “b.”
Twitter
Bill Helton
@7colonel7
Corny joke left over from Thanksgiving…On Thanksgiving what is always in middle of table? The letter b!
11:34 PM - 16 May 2011
Parks & Recreation (City of Manassas Park)
DC KNOWS THANKSGIVING
Posted on November 28, 2011
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I asked Carl on Thanksgiving what’s always in the middle on the table. He said the letter “b”. Those new guys are really smart!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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