“Lazy rule: If you can’t reach it, you don’t need it” (or “Lazy rule: Can’t reach it, don’t need it”) is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. “New life rule: If I can’t reach it from my bed, I don’t need it” was posted on Twitter on November 21, 2009. “If I can’t reach it, I don’t need it” was posted on Twitter on April 22, 2011.
The expression went viral in May 2011. “NEW RULE: Can’t reach it, don’t need it. Forget the remote” was posted on Twitter on May 4, 2011. “Lazy Rule #34: Can’t reach it. Don’t need it” was posted on Twitter on May 5, 2011.
“Lazy rule: If ice falls, kick it under the fridge” is another “lazy rule.”
Twitter
Charlotte Addams
@tokio_charlotte
New life rule: If I can’t reach it from my bed, I don’t need it.
7:09 PM - 21 Nov 2009
Twitter
saiyaman
@liesforliars
If I can’t reach it, I don’t need it.
11:33 PM - 22 Apr 2011
Twitter
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@PaulEtienne
NEW RULE: Can’t reach it, don’t need it. Forget the remote
11:33 PM - 4 May 2011
Twitter
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@_JamesAimes
Lazy Rule #34: Can’t reach it. Don’t need it.
2:22 PM - 5 May 2011
Twitter
Ty Miller
@Ty__Miller78
Lazy rule number one- can’t reach it, don’t need it!
5:11 PM - 5 May 2011
Twitter
Ashlee Mitchell
@BiG_NASTYY22
Lazy rule #1 : can’t reach it, don’t need it.
6:28 PM - 5 May 2011
Twitter
Adrian Gribbin
@adriangribbin
Lazy rule: if you can’t reach it u don’t need it.
10:12 PM - 5 May 2011
Twitter
Braulio Rojas
@Brolooo
Lazy rule: Can’t reach it, don’t need it.
11:02 PM - 5 May 2011
Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
Lazy rule: Can’t reach it. Don’t need it
11:04 AM - 12 Mar 2014
Reddit—Bulldogs
Lazy Rule: Can’t reach it, don’t need it. (imgur.com)
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Me.Me
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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