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June 22, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from my job at the clock factory today. After all those extra hours I put in!”

Putting in extra hours at work -- is that a good or a bad thing? "I can't believe they fired me from the clock factory after all the extra hours I put in" is a joke that was posted…

June 26, 2017
Time/Weather

“I got fired from my job at the clock factory today. After all those extra hours I put in!”

Putting in extra hours at work -- is that a good or a bad thing? "I can't believe they fired me from the clock factory after all the extra hours I put in" is a joke that was posted…

February 25, 2021
Education/Schools

“I got fired from my last job though I always gave 100%. Apparently that’s not how you mark exams”

Should one always give 100% (or 110%) at work? "I always give 110%. That's why I lost my job In the examination bored" is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Lewis Gardiner on…

March 11, 2021
Education/Schools

“I got fired from my last job though I always gave 100%. Apparently that’s not how you grade exams

Should one always give 100% (or 110%) at work? "I always give 110%. That's why I lost my job In the examination bored" is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Lewis Gardiner on…

March 21, 2021
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“I got fired from my lawn maintenance job. I just wasn’t cutting it”

Entry in progress -- BP Reddit -- DadjokesPosted by u/porichoygupto August 28, 2019I got fired from my lawn maintenance job.I just wasn’t cutting it. Reddit -- JokesPosted by u/thedaddy71 August…

November 10, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from the bomb squad yesterday. It’s too bad really… I had a blast working there!”

"I got fired from the bomb squad yesterday. It's too bad really... I had a blast working there" was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on July 7, 2021. The "blast" pun was more…

November 5, 2015
Time/Weather

“I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off”

"I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off" went viral on Twitter on November 19, 2010. The one-liner has been included on many jokes…

June 22, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off”

"I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off" went viral on Twitter on November 19, 2010. The one-liner has been included on many jokes…

July 8, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from the candle factory because I refused to work wick ends”

"Wick ends" can sound a little like "weekends." "Does a trimmer in a candle factory ever work wick ends?" was published in a syndicated joke column in February 1953. A…

October 5, 2022
Food/Drink

“I got food poisoning today I don’t know when I’ll use it”

"I got food poisoning today I don't know when I'll use it" (or "I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'm going to use it") is a joke that has been…

October 5, 2022
Food/Drink

“I got food poisoning today. I don’t know when I’m going to use it”

"I got food poisoning today I don't know when I'll use it" (or "I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'm going to use it") is a joke that has been…

December 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I got hired at the thermometer factory. It’s just a temp job”

"Temp" work means "temporary" work. "Temp" has nothing to do with taking "temperature," but there are jokes. "I thought I'd finally got my dream…

December 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I got hired at the thermometer factory. It’s just temp work”

"Temp" work means "temporary" work. "Temp" has nothing to do with taking "temperature," but there are jokes. "I thought I'd finally got my dream…

March 15, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I got hired today at the comb factory. It’s just part time”

The following joke about working part-time was posted on Facebook by Katy Haseley to Home Groan Puns on February 24, 2023: "I got hired today at the comb factory. It’s just part time."…

July 29, 2023
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“I got hit by a violin, a clarinet and a French horn today. It was an orchestrated attack”

An "orchestrated attack" is not necessarily an attack by an orchestra, but there are jokes. "I was walking down the road and first got hit by a violin, then a clarinet and then a…

June 3, 2016
Food/Drink

“I got hit with a can of soda. Fortunately, it was a soft drink”

A "soft drink" isn't necessarily physically soft, but there's a joke: "Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft…

January 21, 2020
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“I got in trouble at a park for lining squirrels up by height. They didn’t like me critter sizing”

"Criticizing" shouldn't be confused with "critter sizing," but there are jokes. “I am just critter sizing!” was printed in the Lyons (KS) Daily News on November 13,…

October 29, 2017
Food/Drink

“I got invited by a salad to his house. He wouldn’t lettuce leaf!”

"Lettuce leaf" sounds like "let us leave." "I remember a time my friends and I got trapped in a garden...the owners wouldn't lettuce leaf" was posted on Twitter…

March 24, 2025
Food/Drink

“I got just got a ticket outside the cake shop. No parkin”

"Parkin" (a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle) has nothing to do with "parking," but there are jokes. "The traffic warden slapped a treacle…

November 18, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I got kicked out of a Jewish bakery today. All I did was ask, ‘What’s the challah cost?’”

Challah is a bread of Ashkenazi Jewish origin. "What's the challah cost?" sounds like "What's the holocaust?", and there are jokes. "How much does that challah…

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