Many airport jokes/puns involve the double meaning of the word “terminal.” “Airport puns go! I’m trying not to contract any diseases while waiting to board my plane. I hear they’re usually terminal” was posted on Twitter by Read Hoffman on September 5, 2009. “Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport. #Jokes” was posted on Twitter by Rory Marshall on August 22, 2012.
“I’ve got this awful disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes. The doctor says it’s terminal” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 13, 2019.
Twitter
Read Hoffman
@ReadHoffPun
Airport puns go! I’m trying not to contract any diseases while waiting to board my plane. I hear they’re usually terminal.
7:17 AM · Sep 5, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Rory Marshall
@RoryAMarshall
Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport. #Jokes
2:45 PM · Aug 22, 2012·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Bryan Navarro
@navarrobryan
Replying to @SteveSandberg
@SteveSandberg sorry about the love of airport puns. It’s a terminal problem.
7:25 PM · Aug 23, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Kill
@Dry_Juice
I have a TERMINAL illness
Haha AIRPORT JOKES
12:34 PM · Aug 18, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/bgreenwood95 May 13, 2019
I’ve got this awful disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes
The doctor says it’s terminal
Twitter
Cycle of Chaos
@CycleOfChaos
I’ve got this awful disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes.
The doctor says it’s terminal.
6:27 PM · May 13, 2019·Twitter Web App
Twitter
LaffGaff
@LaffGaff
I’ve got this awful disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes.
The doctor says it’s terminal.
#funny #jokes #jokeoftheday
5:12 PM · May 27, 2019·Buffer
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/Bakedschwarzenbach August 17, 2019
I’ve got this awful disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes…
The doctor says it’s terminal.
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