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Entry from August 04, 2020
“I General Lee don’t find civil war jokes funny”

Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) has a name that sounds like the word “generally” (General Lee). “Civil War jokes? I General Lee don’t find them funny” is a joke that has been printed on many images.
 
“I would tell you a civil war pun, but I general lee don’t find them funny” was posted on Twitter bydead #RIP on December 6, 2012. “Civil War jokes? I General Lee don’t find them funny” was posted on Twitter  by Tyke on January 20, 2013. “I General Lee don’t find civil war jokes funny” was posted on Twitter by Brett Welch on February 18, 2014.
 
“I General Lee don’t find civil war puns to be funny” was posted on Twitter by McLuckie on February 28, 2014. “I General Lee don’t care for Civil War Jokes” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on August 3, 2020.
 
     
Wikipedia: Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
   
Twitter 
dead #RIP
@studcakestyles
Replying to @AndrewWheating
@AndrewWheating I would tell you a civil war pun, but I general lee don’t find them funny.
4:12 PM · Dec 6, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Jeff Williams
@142jwilliams
Civil war jokes, I general lee don’t like them.
1:29 PM · Jan 19, 2013·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Tyke
@tykeamusprime
Civil War jokes? I General Lee don’t find them funny
2:24 PM · Jan 20, 2013·iOS
   
Twitter
Brian Dunavant
@bdunavant
i general lee don’t like jokes about the civil war.
5:19 PM · Jul 10, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
APUSH Problems
@apushistoryprbs
Civil War jokes? I General Lee don’t find them funny
12:58 PM · Dec 18, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Brett Welch
@WettyBelch
I General Lee don’t find civil war jokes funny.
11:57 PM · Feb 18, 2014·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
McLuckie
@McLuckie_
I General Lee don’t find civil war puns to be funny
12:52 PM · Feb 28, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
emsenn
@emsenn
I General Lee don’t like Civil War puns.
3:05 PM · Nov 1, 2014·Hootsuite
   
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Youngdoorstop December 4, 2018
I don’t like Civil War jokes
I General Lee don’t find them funny
COMMENTS
lavaflow666
I’ll Grant you this one though
 
Google Books
Title Civil War Jokes? I General Lee Don’t Find Them Funny: Ruled History Joke Notebook to Take Notes at Work. Lined Bullet Journal, To-Do-List Or Diary for
Author Tbo Publications
Publisher Independently Published, 2019
ISBN 1090238665, 9781090238665
Length 112 pages
Subjects History › United States › Civil War Period (1850-1877)
   
Reader’s Digest
The History of the World in Dumb Jokes
Reader’s Digest Editors
Updated: Mar. 28, 2020
(...)
Q: Civil War jokes?
A: I General Lee don’t find them funny.
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/TrotskiKazotski August 3, 2020
I General Lee don’t care for Civil War Jokes

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