Some employees play solitaire at work, such as during down time or on breaks. A joke was posted on Twitter by Burt on June 18, 2015:
“Our computers were down today, we had to do everything manually. It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire.”
“Does anyone remember playing solitaire with real cards?” is a related solitaire joke.
Twitter
Burt
@Xyuppi
Our computers were down today, we had to do everything manually. It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire.
8:37 PM · Jun 16, 2015·Twitter for iPad
Twitter
Halographic
@halographic
Our computers are down in the office today, so we have to do everything manually…it took us 20 minutes to shuffle the cards for Solitaire!
6:24 AM · Jan 20, 2016·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Burt
@Xyuppi
Computers were down at work, today, we had to do everything manually.
It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire.
12:52 AM · Jun 16, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Jeremy C. Pruitt
@Pruitt913
The computers were down at work today, so we had to do everything manually. It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire
5:27 PM · Jun 16, 2016·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
deanandbek
@deanandbek
The computers were down at work today, so we had to do everything manually. It took me 20 minutes to shuffle the cards to play Solitaire.
6:05 PM · Jun 16, 2016·Hootsuite
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
The computers were down at work today, so we had to do everything manually. It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire
6:14 PM · Jul 6, 2016·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
The computers were down at work today, so we had to do everything manually.
It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire
2:14 PM · Nov 6, 2017·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Wasim Zaidi
@wasimz
The computers were down at work today, so we had to do everything manually. It took me twenty minutes to shuffle the cards to play solitaire.
#satire
2:54 PM · Jun 21, 2019·Facebook
Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
Computers were down, at work today.
Took me ages to shuffle the cards for solitaire
2:46 AM · Sep 25, 2021·Twitter for Android
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