A workplace joke was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 14, 2019:
“Boss, can I have a week off around Christmas?”
Boss: It’s May.
“Sorry. May I have a week off around Christmas?”
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/porichoygupto May 14, 2019
“Boss, can I have a week off around Christmas?”
Boss: It’s May.
“Sorry. May I have a week off around Christmas?”
Twitter
Andy Dudones
@ADudones
I asked my boss if I could have a week off around Christmas.
Boss: It’s May.
Me: Sorry. “May” I have a week off around Christmas?
10:46 PM - 14 May 2019
Twitter
keepingitcreel
@Keepingitcreel
“Boss, can I have a week off around Christmas?” Boss: It’s May.“Sorry. May I have a week off around Christmas?”
11:14 PM - 14 May 2019
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
“Boss can I have a week off around Christmas?”
Boss: “It’s May.”
“Sorry. May I have a week off around Christmas?”
4:46 PM - 15 May 2019
LaffGaff
By laffgaff May 16, 2019
Christmas Time Off Joke
I said to my boss, “Boss, can I have a week off around Christmas?”
He said, “It’s May.”
I said, “Sorry. May I have a week off around Christmas?”
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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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