“If one door closes and another door opens, you’re probably in prison”

“When one door closes, another opens” is an old proverb about opportunity. A joke variation is:
 
“If one door closes and another door opens, you’re probably in prison.”
 
“When one door closes another one opens. That’s how security systems in prison & secret government labotatories work” was posted on Twitter on October 22, 2010. “If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison. Lol” was posted on Twitter on April 21, 2012. The “prison” saying has been printed on several images.
       
 
Wiktionary: when one door closes, another opens
Proverb
when one door closes, another opens
1. When one opportunity is lost, another opportunity soon becomes available.
 
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Naddir
‏@_naddir
in life when one door closes another door opens, except for in prison otherwise you’d just be able to walk out
9:20 PM - 17 Dec 2009
 
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Cris Gray
‏@CrisGray
When one door closes another one opens. That’s how security systems in prison & secret government labotatories work.
1:57 PM - 22 Oct 2010
 
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Sean Murray
‏@seanmurray
“When one door closes, another one opens” probably doesn’t have the same inspirational effect in prison.
6:42 PM - 14 Dec 2010
 
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Bo Mills jr.
‏@Jimboleem
When one door closes, another one opens…..
except in prison.
6:10 PM - 16 May 2011
 
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♥BaRBie ♥̸̨♡̷̴̬̩̃̊
‏@zoeellard
If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison. Lol
5:55 PM - 21 Apr 2012
 
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Heat Lifer
‏@Koopa790
If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison
10:02 PM - 21 Apr 2012
 
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Ben McBride
‏@UncyBarrel
I often wonder if people in prison use the phrase “when one door closes another one opens”
3:35 PM - 17 Oct 2012
 
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Sarcasm Machine
‏@Sarcasm_Machine
If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison.
3:15 PM - 28 Nov 2013
 
Funny Status
If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably…
May 14, 2014 Silly Status Updates
If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison.
 
Chicago (IL) Tribune
Commentary: My 40 favorite tweets of the past two years
By Eric Zorn
Change of Subject
APRIL 10, 2016, 10:47 AM
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Here’s the list that I read from in roughly the order I read them:
 
. If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison….@o__0Dev
   
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Bill Murray
‏@BiIIMurray
If one door closes & another door opens, you’re probably in prison.
3:30 PM - 7 Dec 2016