"Strawberry” is sometimes pronounced as “strobbery.”
“A piece of fruit held up a bank and stole some money. It was a strobbery” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on January 4, 2014. “A piece of fruit held up a bank and stole some money! It was a STROBBERY” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on April 30, 2020.
Reddit—Jokes
Posted byu/[deleted] January 4, 2014
A piece of fruit held up a bank and stole some money.
It was a strobbery.
Twitter
johnston
@mikejohnno
A piece of fruit held up a bank and stole some money.
It was a strobbery.
2:01 PM · Jan 4, 2014·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
as good as advertised
@gibbsdibbs
Piece of fruit held up a bank. It was a strobbery. #dadjokes
10:47 AM · Jan 4, 2014·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/flubberwang January 22, 2018
What did the strawberry say when he was robbing a bank?
“Hands up, this is a strobbery!”
Twitter
Waddles
@itsWaddles_
A fruit once held up a bank.
It was a Strobbery.
9:51 PM · Sep 8, 2019·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/yashrajt February 27, 2020
What did the strawberry say when he went to the bank?
Put your hands in the air. This is a STROBBERY!!
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/aryannanelson April 30, 2020
A piece of fruit held up a bank and stole some money!
It was a STROBBERY
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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.
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