A silly riddle is:
Q: What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A: A coconut on vacation.
The popular riddle has been cited in printed since at least 1988, when it was included in The Big Book of Silly Riddles (1988) by Gyles Brandreth.
Google Books
The Big Book of Silly Riddles
By Gyles Brandreth
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1988
Pg. 117:
What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A coconut on vacation.
Newspapers.com
13 June 1993, Ottawa (ON) Citizen, “Jokes,” pg. B6, col. 3:
Q: What is brown, hairy, and wears sunglasses?
A: A coconut on vacation.
31 October 1993, Chicago (IL) Tribune, comics sec.:
Q. What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A. A coconut on vacation.
Krysty Anderson, 9 Vernon Hills
Newspapers.com
5 August 1996, Detroit (MI) Free Press, “Yak! Yuks,” pg.2C, col. 2:
What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A coconut on vacation.
Google Books
Awesome Jokes
By Charles Keller
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1997
Pg. 7:
What’s brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A coconut on vacation.
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September 1998, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 62, col. 2:
Burl: What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
Earl: What?
Burl: A coconut on vacation.
— Rob Ziegler, East Lyme, Conn.
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Pete
@prp2
My daughter told me this joke earlier today: What’s brown and fuzzy and wears sunglasses? ...A coconut on vacation! She was very pleased. 😊
5:19 PM · Jun 11, 2008
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Joke of the Day: What’s brown, hairy and wears sunglasses? A coconut on vacation!
9:00 AM · Jun 6, 2009
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Posted by u/neilsarsenal May 7, 2022
What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A coconut on vacation.
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Posted by u/samlolaaa July 13, 2022
What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A coconut on vacation, lol!
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Gemma
@Gemma90917101
What is brown, hairy and wears sunglasses?
A coconut on vacation.
11:57 AM · Jun 1, 2023
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