An employment joke has been printed on many images:
Employee: I can’t work today. There’s a huge ball of fire emitting deadly radiation.
Boss: You can’t skip work today because it’s sunny.
The joke was posted on Twitter by James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn on April 1, 2014. Authorship is uncertain; the joke possibly originated on an image.
Twitter
James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn
@XplodingUnicorn
Me: I can’t work today. There’s a huge ball of fire emitting deadly radiation.
Boss: You can’t skip work because it’s sunny.
Fuck.
1:03 PM · Apr 1, 2014·Hootsuite
Twitter
Slimmer Shady
@slimmy_shady
Me: I can’t work today. There’s a huge ball of fire emitting deadly radiation.Boss: You can’t skip work because it’s sunny.
2:11 AM · Apr 7, 2014·Funny Tweeter Official
Twitter
Nader Mokamer MD
@_N_A_D_E_R_
Me: I can’t go to uni today; There’s a huge ball of fire emitting deadly radiation.
Dad: You can’t skip uni because it’s sunny.
6:50 AM · Apr 7, 2014·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Patrick Finnegan
@pfinn_98
Me: I can’t work today. There’s a huge ball of fire emitting deadly radiation outside
Boss: You can’t skip work because it’s sunny
Me: Crap
7:51 PM · Apr 10, 2014·Twitter for iPad
Twitter
kabelo mashao
@kaybeemashao
Me I can’t
come to school today. There’s a huge
ball of fire emitting deadly
radiation.teacher You can’t
skip school because it’s sunny
3:38 PM · Apr 11, 2014·Mobile Web (M2)
Twitter
Michael J
@ZhemJZ
Employee: I can’t work today. There’s a huge ball of fire emitting radiation.
Me: you can’t skip work because it’s sunny.
8:50 AM · Aug 5, 2020·Hootsuite Inc.
Twitter
Raiden
@raiden96
#Me: I can’t #WorkToday. There’s a huge ball of Fire emitting deadly radiation.
#MyBoss: you can’t skip work because it’s #sunny.
10:49 PM · Aug 1, 2021·Twitter Web App
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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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