Students are often not allowed to carry mobile phones in school. A joke is:
TEACHER: Is that a phone!?
STUDENT: No. It’s my calculator.
The joke went viral on Twitter on May 21, 2012.
Twitter
Sara McCarthy
@mccarthy_sara
Bito: “is that a phone light I see over there?”
Carla: “no, it’s my calculator!”
#sofunny
2:14 PM - 5 Jan 2012
Twitter
lil
@idonutcareee
teacher: IS THAT A PHONE?!
me: No… it’s my calculator…
5:32 PM - 21 May 2012
Twitter
champagne mami
@ThatGirlLiz_
*In school* Teacher: Is that a phone?!
Me: Noo.....it’s my calculator......
7:54 PM - 21 May 2012
Twitter
Jayevs
@HallieEvs
*in school*
teacher: IS THAT A PHONE?!
me: No… it’s my calculator…
10:27 PM - 21 May 2012
Twitter
Students Problems
@FactsOfSchool
*In school* Teacher: “Is that a phone!?” Me: “No. It’s my calculator.”
5:30 AM - 23 May 2012
Twitter
FUNNY TWEETS
@JokesMemesFacts
Teacher: “Is that a phone!?” Me: “No. It’s my calculator.”
10:20 PM - 5 Apr 2017
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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