“I have a lot of jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work” is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. “I thought up a lot of jokes about unemployed people, but they just don’t work” was cited on Twitter on July 18, 2011.
“I know a lot of jokes about retired people, but none of them work” is a similar joke.
Twitter
Josh Spare
@SpareSportsCO
I thought up a lot of jokes about unemployed people, but they just don’t work… (via @JustinSouthwell)
4:08 PM - 18 Jul 2011
Twitter
chad houston
@c_hadness
I have a lot of jokes about unemployed people, they just never work. #snap
10:07 PM - 18 Jul 2011
Twitter
meg.♡
@itsmeganxo_
Read my response to “Agree/Disagree: You have a lot of jokes about unemployed people. They just don’t work.”: http://4ms.me/nCUGlX
7:22 PM - 21 Jul 2011
Twitter
becky
@dearbecky_
Dear friend who wants to hear a joke, I have a lot of jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work. Sincerely,... http://lil.as/5du
9:46 AM - 23 Aug 2011
Twitter
Adlina Hamidon
@azdlna_
I have a lot of jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work.
9:50 AM - 23 Aug 2011
reddit
I have a few jokes about unemployed people…
submitted May 3, 2015 by AR96
But none of them work.
reddit
I know a lot of jokes about unemployed people.
submitted July 24, 2015 by shpngln
But none of them work.
Facebook
Adrian Woodhead to Dad Jokes
May 24, 2016 at 11:58am ·
I have a few jokes about unemployed people
But it doesn’t matter
None of them work!
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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.
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