The internet is often called simply “the net.” A joke by Milton Jones was posted on Twitter  on August 14, 2012:
 
“My parents met on the net. They were both rubbish trapeze artists.”
 
There have been several slight variations to the joke, such as replacing “parents” with “wife” or “husband,” and replacing “rubbish” with “terrible” or “bad.” “I met my wife on the net, we were both really bad trapeze artists…” was posted on Twitter on June 12, 2014.
   
   
Twitter     
Andy‏
@wandywatson
The marvellous @themiltonjones “my parents met on the net. They were both rubbish trapeze artists”. Genius.
4:12 PM - 14 Aug 2012
 
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Simon Battersby‏
@AUL1969
Just seen the excellent @themiltonjones “met my wife on the net. We were both rubbish trapeze artists”
4:39 PM - 27 Oct 2012 from Westminster, England
 
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chodie‏
@JodesSawb
I met my wife on the net, we were both really bad trapeze artists…
4:17 PM - 12 Jun 2014
 
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Brocksbushes‏
@brocksbushes
I met my new girlfriend on the NET.!!  We are really bad trapeze artists.. Lol.😁..
3:14 AM - 25 Aug 2014
   
Twitter 
Crap Jokes‏
@TheCrapJoker
I met my wife on the net..
We were both terrible trapeze artists.
6:05 AM - 2 May 2015
 
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John‏
@JFD1960
I met my wife on the net. We were really bad trapeze artists
5:20 PM - 22 Mar 2017
 
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Bad Dad Jokes‏
@baddadjokes
I met my wife on the net; we were both bad trapeze artists.
#dadjokes #jokeoftheday
5:22 PM - 24 May 2017
   
Facebook
The Gorms
June 16, 2017 ·
I met my wife on the net; we were both bad trapeze artists.
 
Facebook
Dad Joke of the Day
September 1, 2017 ·
I met my wife on the net. We were both bad trapeze artists.
 
Reddit—Oneliners
I met my wife on the net. We were bad trapeze artists.
submitted December 4, 2017 by ErektRL