“My doctor told me to take up an activity that gets me out of the pub. So I’ve started smoking”

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Entry from November 03, 2018

“My doctor told me to take up an activity that gets me out of the pub. So I’ve started smoking”

Most pubs do not allow smoking. A joke was posted on the Sickipedia website on January 30, 2012:

“My doctor said I need to do something that gets me out of the pub. So I’ve started smoking.”

Twitter
whatchrisdoes
@eatfooder
My doctor said I need to do something that gets me out of the pub. So I’ve started smoking.
1:46 PM - 30 Jan 2012

Twitter
Fresh Stand Up
@FreshStandUp
My doctor said I need to do something that gets me out of the pub.
So I’ve started smoking. http://bit.ly/zZWx7v via @sickipedia
2:15 PM - 30 Jan 2012

Twitter
sickipediabot
@sickipediabot
My doctor said I need to do something that gets me out of the pub.
So I’ve started smoking.
4:17 PM - 30 Jan 2012

31 January 2012, The Sun (London, UK), pg. 26:
MY doctor said I need to do something that gets me out of the pub. So I’ve started smoking.

Reddit—Jokesuncensored
My doctor told me to take up an activity that gets me out of the pub… (self.Jokesuncensored)
submitted October 22, 2017 by madazzahatter
So I’ve started smoking.

Twitter
@ShitJokes
My doctor told me to take up an activity that gets me out of the pub.
So I’ve started smoking.
10:57 AM - 10 Nov 2018

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