“I’d tell you a chemistry joke, but I know I won’t get a reaction”

“I’d tell you a chemistry joke, but I know I won’t get a reaction” is a jocular line printed on many images. “I was going to make a chemistry joke, but I wasn’t sure if I’d get a reaction” was cited on Twitter on July 15, 2011. “I hate when I tell a chemistry joke and I don’t get a reaction” was cited on Twitter on July 28, 2011. There are many minor variations of the words.
 
 
Twitter
Will Bowie
‏@WillBowie
Is @karu1402 trying to get a reaction out of me. REACTION, get it? That’s a pretty shitty chemistry joke. Not even a joke. #killmenow
10:27 AM - 27 Sep 2010
 
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Liz O’Callaghan
‏@LiizOCallaghan
i was gonna make a chemistry joke, but wsnt sure if id get a reaction .. LOL these #chemistryjokes are still going!
8:32 AM - 15 Jul 2011
 
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Gian Labrado
‏@gglabrado
I was going to make a chemistry joke, but I wasn’t sure if I’d get a reaction..
9:08 AM - 15 Jul 2011
 
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pidgeotto
‏@VersaceSamurai
I hate when I tell a chemistry joke and I don’t get a reaction
4:09 PM - 28 Jul 2011
 
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Daryl Meadows
‏@DarylJMeadows
My chemistry joke didn’t get a reaction :/
6:12 PM - 28 Jul 2011
 
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Ben Loke
‏@locoluchalibre
I told a Chemistry joke once, but I didn’t get a reaction
12:48 AM - 8 Oct 2011
 
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☀ Aimee&Chyna ☀
‏@GMD3Gals
@Greg_GMD3 I’d tell you a chemistry joke but I’m scared there’d be no reaction!
10:01 AM - 29 Jan 2012
 
Scioly.org
Re: Corny Science Jokes
Post by 1nxtmonster » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:22 pm
So at regionals there was a delay for the results for write-it-do-it, so people went on stage to tell some science jokes. Some good ones:
Well, I was going to tell a chemistry joke, but I didn’t think I would get a reaction.
   
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I told a chemistry joke today. There was no reaction.
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September 30, 2015 ·
I’d tell you a chemistry joke, but I know I wouldn’t get a reaction. ‪#‎PunFun‬
 
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I could tell you a Chemistry joke (self.Jokes)
submitted January 30, 2016 by Heatios
.....but I probably wouldn’t get much of a reaction