A school joke about soccer and computers (“the net”) has been cited in print since at least 2007:
P.E. Teacher: Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer?
Pupil: You told me to put it in the Net.
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Date Added: 11/10/2007
Joke: PE Teacher: Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer?Pupil: You told me to put it in the Net.
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LeonanieJeJodie
@LeonanieJeJodie
PE Teacher: Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer? Pupil: You told me to put it in the Net.
7:57 AM - 8 Dec 2009
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Morten Stenbaek
@3dtwix
PE Teacher: Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer?Pupil: You told me to put it in the Net.
9:00 PM - 10 Jan 2010
Pomona Public Library
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
Book of the Week: “Please Bury Me In the Library”
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Lewis, J. Patrick, Please Bury Me In the Library.
Oralando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc. 2005
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Joke of the day: P.E. teacher: Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer?
Child: Because you told me to put it in the net. 😉
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Tony Blackburn
@tonyblackburn
One for the Kids Teacher ” Why did you kick that ball at the computer “....Pupil ” because you told me to put it in the Net “
1:31 PM - 13 Oct 2010
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@FayreGeoffry
PE Teacher Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer? Pupil You told me to put it in the Net. :-
1:50 PM - 1 Apr 2018
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lorraine Jo King
@LahLahBean
#wednesdaywit
PE Teacher: Why did you kick that ball straight at the school computer?
Pupil: You told me to put it in the Net.
3:16 PM - 20 Jun 2018
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