“I leave homework for the last day because I’ll be older and wiser”

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Entry from July 30, 2015

“I leave homework for the last day because I’ll be older and wiser”

“I leave homework to the last day because I’ll be older and therefore wiser” is a jocular saying that has been printed on posters and ecards. The joke was first cited on Twitter on April 18, 2010.

Twitter
Muhammad Al Adrian
‏@adriMuhammad
i leave homework to the last day because i’ll be older and therefore wiser. #iDoit2
10:35 AM - 18 Apr 2010

Twitter
S.
‏@Somto_A
” I leave homework to the last day because I’ll be older and therefore wiser….” <-- Story of My Life

7:43 PM - 20 Apr 2010

Crazy & Sarcastic
May 30, 2013
I leave homework to the last day because I’ll be older and therefore wiser.

Twitter
Not Will Ferrell
‏@itsWillyFerrell
I always leave homework until the last minute, because I’ll be older and therefore wiser.
8:00 PM - 6 Aug 2013

Joke All You Can
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013
I leave homework to the last day because I’ll be older and therefore wiser

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Oh, and I found a shirt for Hannah, (although she didn’t buy it). It said, “I leave homework to the last day because I’ll be older and therefore wiser.”

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New York City • Education/Schools • Thursday, July 30, 2015 • Permalink

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