“Why have you never heard of a haunted gym?”/“The ghosts are exercising themselves.”

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Entry from October 08, 2021

“Why have you never heard of a haunted gym?”/“The ghosts are exercising themselves.”

“Exercise” shouldn’t be confused with “exorcise,” but there are jokes.

“Why are there no haunted gyms? All the ghosts have been exercised” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on October 31, 2019. “Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exercising themselves” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on September 23, 2021. “Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exorcising themselves. #LaughoftheDay”—“exorcising” instead of “exercising”—was posted on Twitter by Jimmy RevJim Olsen on October 8, 2021.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Tonynferno October 31, 2019
Why are there no haunted gyms?
All the ghosts have been exercised

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/InevitableDeadbeat September 23, 2021
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym?
The ghosts are exercising themselves.

Twitter
Frank Schorsch
@WhosThisFrank
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exercising themselves!
6:19 PM · Oct 5, 2021·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Jimmy RevJim Olsen
@mybuddyjimmy101
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exorcising themselves. #LaughoftheDay
4:44 PM · Oct 8, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
GNolan
@GNolan01
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exorcising themselves.
9:58 PM · Oct 8, 2021·Twitter Web App

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