“Why can’t cats work on the computer? They get too distracted chasing the mouse around”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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.

Recent entries:
•“When YouTube plays an unskippable ad but you look away so they don’t win” (5/14)
•“I went to the doctor with a suspicious-looking mole. He said they all look that way and I should have left him in the garden” (5/13)
• “Went to the hospital to get a suspicious mole checked. Apparently they all look like that and I should’ve just left it in its hole” (5/13)
•“Too young for retirement. Too poor to quit. Too fat to strip” (5/13)
•“Too young to retire. Too poor to quit. Too fat to strip” (5/13)
More new entries...

Follow @barrypopik

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.

This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry from February 20, 2018

“Why can’t cats work on the computer? They get too distracted chasing the mouse around”

A computer “mouse” riddle has been printed on images:

Q: Why can’t cats work on the computer?
A: They get too distracted chasing the mouse around.

The joke was posted on Twitter on June 15, 2013.

Twitter
Relatable Randoms ‏
@relateposts242
Why can’t cats work on the computer? They get too distracted chasing the mouse around.
11:11 AM - 15 Jun 2013

Twitter
Dewayne‏
@dewayne72601
Why can’t cats work on the computer? They get too distracted chasing the mouse around. - http://coolfunnyquotes.com
11:52 AM - 18 Jun 2013

Twitter
Ğłořŷ ßoý ŁФrϑy‏
@kereem_williams
Why can’t cats work on the computer they get too distracted chasing the mouse around
8:15 PM - 19 Jun 2013

Twitter
VisionCS‏
@visionvcs
More funny computer stuff to share. Why can’t cats use computers? Because they only want to chase the mouse. #cats #computerjoke
11:02 AM - 8 Dec 2016

Twitter
John’s World 🌐‏
@LifeWithJohn
Why can’t cats work on the computer? They get too distracted chasing the mouse around. Anonymous #quote
10:58 PM - 3 Feb 2018

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet • Tuesday, February 20, 2018 • Permalink

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.