What do people do with old calendars? A joke was posted on Twitter by The Rudeman on April 16, 2013:
“Once we were so poor, we only had old calendars to use as toilet paper. Now those days are behind me.”
Twitter
The Rudeman
@TheRudeman_
Once we were so poor, we only had old calendars to use as toilet paper. Now those days are behind me.
8:24 AM - 16 Apr 2013
Twitter
Sam of all fears..
@Buggz79
There was a time when I got so broke, I used old calendars for TP. Those days are behind me now..
1:01 AM - 4 Jun 2013
Twitter
Col
@countcol
Once I was so poor, I only had an old calendar to use as toilet paper.
Now those days are behind me.
4:46 PM - 25 Nov 2014
Reddit—Puns
Once we were so poor we had to use old calendars as toilet papers (self.puns)
submitted October 10, 2015 by v_cleaner
Now those days are behind me.
Reddit—Jokes
When I was poor I had to use old calendars to wipe my arse.
submitted March 7, 2018 by Yatsey007
Now those days are behind me.
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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