“A rye” is a frequent homophone for “awry.” “My bread baking business has gone a rye” was posted on Twitter on August 9, 2011.
A pun was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on December 7, 2017:
“When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye.”
Twitter
Harrison Wood
@woodysyourfav
My bread baking business has gone a rye.
9:41 AM - 9 Aug 2011
Twitter
ɥʇɹoʍʇuǝʍ uǝʌǝʇs
@S_wentworth
My bread baking business has gone a rye.
12:54 PM - 9 Aug 2011
Reddit—Oneliners
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye
submitted December 7, 2017 by Graybuck123
Twitter
JokeFarm
@_JokeFarm
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye #joke #jokes
8:04 PM - 6 Dec 2017 (Posted after the above.—ed.)
Twitter
LOL Tweets™
@lolmgco
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye
8:20 PM - 6 Dec 2017
Twitter
Ron
@upminster13
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye
1:21 AM - 7 Dec 2017
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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