A Valentine’s Day joke is:
“A man promised his girlfriend a diamond for Valentine’s Day. So he took her to a baseball park.”
February 14th is not baseball season—not even spring training—but the joke is still popular on Valentine’s Day. “For her birthday my girlfriend told me she wanted to see a diamond. So i took her to see a baseball game” was posted on Twitter on March 23, 2012. “My buddy promised his girlfriend a diamond for Valentine’s Day. So he took her to a baseball park!” was posted on Twitter on February 14, 2014.
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CJ DiCenzo
@cjdicenzo
For her birthday my girlfriend told me she wanted to see a diamond. So i took her to see a baseball game.
12:34 AM - 23 Mar 2012
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Cody Herbert
@cody__5
She said she wanted a diamond so I took her to a baseball game.
12:51 PM - 21 Apr 2012
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Ryan
@ryanmiddle
Replying to @LaurenShehadi
@LaurenShehadi then there was the guy who promised his girl a diamond, so he took her to a baseball park.
8:22 AM - 14 Feb 2013
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RELL ROAD
@SLOBGEE
She wanna see a diamond so I took her to a baseball game
5:23 PM - 27 Feb 2013
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GrizzlyBearSinclair
@_ZSinclair_
She said she wants a diamond so I took her to my baseball field
5:55 PM - 3 Mar 2013
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Alan S Harrell
@ashtexas
My buddy promised his girlfriend a diamond for Valentine’s Day. So he took her to a baseball park!
5:48 PM - 14 Feb 2014
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Frank Bunton
@TwistinFrank
Then there was a clown who promised his girlfriend a diamond for Valentine’s Day ... so he took her to a baseball park!
4:45 AM - 28 Jan 2015
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Frank Bunton
@TwistinFrank
Then there was Buff Phoon who promised his girlfriend a diamond for Valentine’s Day. So he took her to a baseball park!
4:45 AM - 23 Jan 2018
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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