"Describe yourself in three words."/"Lazy" is a jocular job interview that has been printed on many images.
“How would you describe yourself in 3 words? — LAZY. LAZY. LAZY” was posted on Twitter by 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 💋 on October 24, 2010. “Went for a job interview, he says to me, ‘describe yourself in three words’. i said ‘lazy’” was posted on Twitter by Paul on February 13, 2011.
“If I had to describe myself in three words, I would say, ‘Not very good at maths‘“ and “When the interviewer asked me to describe myself in three words, I replied, ‘Efficient‘“ are related jokes.
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Charlotte McArdle
@Lottie_Mac
How would you describe yourself in 3 words? — Lazy, idiotic and loud http://4ms.me/b1kgle
11:40 PM · Aug 1, 2010·Spring.me
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nana
@mingimuslim
How would you describe yourself in 3 words? — lazy, rebel, friendly 
http://4ms.me/dwOenk
10:05 AM · Aug 8, 2010·Spring.me
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𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 💋
@KissBalbuena
How would you describe yourself in 3 words? — LAZY. LAZY. LAZY http://4ms.me/9h1vq0
9:05 PM · Oct 24, 2010·Spring.me
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Paul
@hi_randy
Replying to @chrissypeekaboo
@chrissypav went for a job interview, he says to me, “describe yourself in three words”. i said “lazy”.
5:38 PM · Feb 13, 2011·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
HemingwaysCigar
@HemingwaysCigar
Interviewer: “Now, could you describe yourself in three words for me?”
Me: “Lazy.”
8:44 AM · Feb 20, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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Robert Magolan
@bigonnoise
Interviewer: “Now, could you describe yourself in three words for me?”
Me: “Lazy.”
3:40 PM · Feb 21, 2011·Twitter for Android
Twitter
💥 Bo Diddly jr.💥
@Jimboleem
Her: describe yourself in three words for me?”.....
Me: “Lazy.”
4:07 PM · Apr 26, 2012·Twitter Web Client
Google Books
5,000 Sidesplitting Jokes and One-Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing
2013
Pg. 57:
Interviewer: ‘Now, could you describe yourself in three words for me?’ Me: ‘Lazy.’
Twitter
Ben
@0point5twins
“Describe yourself in three words”
“Lazy”
4:21 AM · Feb 14, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Funny
u/Osmundo3 May 29, 2015
“Describe yourself in three words.”
Lazy.
Reddit—Jokes
u/BookerGinger December 11, 2016
“Describe yourself in three words”
“Lazy”
Reddit—Jokes
u/FurySMH April 26, 2019
Interviewer: So, describe yourself in three words
Me: Lazy
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.
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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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