“My mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by lying in bed all day…” (joke)

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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from March 25, 2020

“My mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by lying in bed all day…” (joke)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused many people to stay home. “My mom use to tell me I wasn’t going to accomplish nothing by sleeping all day….now look at me saving the world” was posted on Twitter by Chinno Deleon on March 21, 2020.

“My mom always said I’d never accomplish anything lying in bed all day but look at me now I’m saving the world” was posted on Twitter by Juan on March 24, 2020. “My mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by laying in bed all day. But look at me now, I’m saving the world” was posted on Reddit—Jokes later on March 24, 2020.

Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.

Twitter
Chinno Deleon
@ChinnoGotJokes
My mom use to tell me I wasn’t going to accomplish nothing by sleeping all day….now look at me saving the world.
6:43 PM · Mar 21, 2020·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Juan
@juan_v01
My mom always said I’d never accomplish anything lying in bed all day but look at me now I’m saving the world
2:21 PM · Mar 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/berniemax March 24, 2020
My mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by laying in bed all day
But look at me now, I’m saving the world.

Twitter
Neil
@NeilsArsenal
My mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by laying in bed all day
But look at me now, I’m saving the world.
6:25 PM · Mar 24, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Stephano Puertas
@stephanodoors
Well mom always told me I would never accomplish anything by being lazy all day. And now here I am being lazy all day and saving the world. :’)
6:50 PM · Mar 24, 2020·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Sabs𓅓
@Sabs2123
My mom always said I’d never accomplish anything lying in bed all day but look at me now I’m saving the world
8:43 PM · Mar 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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