A boomerang riddle is:
Q: How do you get rid of a boomerang?
A: Throw it down a one-way street.
The joke was printed in The Sun-Herald (Sydney, New South Wales) on July 8, 1973.
Newspapers.com
8 July 1973, The Sun-Herald (Sydney, New South Wales), comic sec., pg. 7, col. 2:
Q. How do you get rid of a boomerang?
A. Throw it down a one-way street.
-- Sue Russell (15), North Balgowlah.
Newspapers.com
20 April 1993, Chicago (IL) Tribune, Kidnews, sec. 7, pg. 11, col. 4:
Q. How do you get rid of a boomerang?
A. Throw it down a one-way street.
Google Books
Where’s Waldo?:
The Really Remarkable Activity Book
By Martin Handford
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press
1996
Pg. ?:
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one-way street.
Google Books
Extremely Good Clean Jokes for Kids
By Bob Phillips
Eugene, OR: Harvest House
2001
Pg. 126:
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one-way street.
Twitter
Ron Lester
@RonLesterRadio
How do you get rid of a boomerang? Throw it down a one way street
2:02 AM · Nov 14, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Google Books
Best Ever Classroom Jokes:
Because some of us never grow up
By Mike Haskins
London, UK: Pavilion Books
2015
Pg. ?:
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one-way street.
Twitter
Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#mondaymirth
How do you get rid of a boomerang?
Throw it down a one way street. 😁
11:40 PM · Feb 9, 2020·Crowdfire App
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
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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