“If there’s one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk, it’s up” is a jocular line that was posted on Twitter by IG: Mann_g on May 11, 2011. “Theres one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk. Up” was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot on June 10, 2012, and the appearance on the Sickipedia website popularized the joke.
Twitter
IG: Mann_g
@Mann_G
If there’s one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk, it’s up.
8:19 AM - 11 May 2011
Twitter
Woody©
@DavidJEWood
Theres one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk.
Up
7:27 AM - 10 Jun 2012
Twitter
Dave
@daveywww
Theres one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk.
Up
7:33 AM - 10 Jun 2012
Twitter
sickipediabot
@sickipediabot
Theres one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk.
Up
8:51 AM - 10 Jun 2012
Reddit—Jokes
There’s one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk
submitted June 12, 2012 by ScaperBen
Up
Google Books
He Drank, and Saw the Spider:
An Eddie LaCrosse Novel
By Alex Bledsoe
New York, NY: A Tor Book
2013
Pg. 82:
“There’s only one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk,” she said as I hoisted her off her feet.
“What’s that?” I asked.
She giggled. “Up.”
Google Books
3000 Jokes, 2997 Laughs
By Mike Haskins
London, UK: Portico
2017
Pg. ?:
If there’s one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk, it’s up.
Reddit—Dad Jokes
There’s one thing I can’t stand when I’m drunk. (self.dadjokes)
submitted July 16, 2018 by keithasaurus
Up.
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