The Big Apple: “What do you call a killing before yoga practice?"/"A pre-meditated murder.”

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

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Entry from August 23, 2020

“What do you call a killing before yoga practice?"/"A pre-meditated murder.”

"Premeditated murder” means a murder that was planned in advance. It doesn’t mean a murder “before meditation,” but there are jokes.

“Just heard about the yoga instructor that killed his students before class. Talk about pre-meditated murder! ZAMMO!” was posted on Twitter by Daniel Herrera on March 29, 2010. “What do you call a killing before yoga practice? A pre-meditated murder” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on August 24, 2020.

TheLaw.com Dictionary
PREMEDITATED MURDER
THELAW.COM LAW DICTIONARY & BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY 2ND ED.
Intentional murder that was planned in advance of the actual act of killing the victim.

Twitter
Daniel Herrera
@DeputyDanster
Just heard about the yoga instructor that killed his students before class. Talk about pre-meditated murder! ZAMMO!
1:22 PM · Mar 29, 2010·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
A.J. Whyte
@HaHaWhytePeople
If you kill someone before yoga class, is it pre-meditated murder?
3:13 PM · Oct 26, 2011·Twitter for BlackBerry®

Twitter
Andy Derer
@AndyDerer
Pre-meditated murder is when you kill someone before you do yoga.
4:51 PM · Jun 22, 2013·LG Phone

Twitter
Connor Wilson
@ConnorTWilson
Not guilty of pre-meditated murder? What, so he did his yoga before killing her instead ?
6:27 AM · Sep 11, 2014·Twitter for Windows Phone

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/pittybrave August 24, 2020
What do you call a killing before yoga practice?
A pre-meditated murder

Posted by Barry Popik
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