“Someone stole my broken calculator, but I don’t know why. It just doesn’t add up”
“Add up” means to make a mathematical sum. “Doesn’t add up” means that something doesn’t make sense.
“Someone nicked my broken calculator at work!......it just doesn’t add up!” was posted on Twitter by Brian Pooley on September 26, 2014. “I can’t believe someone stole my broken calculator from work today, it just doesn’t add up” was posted on Twitter by Scott Hoad on June 10, 2015. “I can’t believe someone would steal my broken calculator. It just doesn’t add up!” was posted on Twitter by LB on September 24, 2015. “Someone stole my broken calculator, but I don’t know why. It just doesn’t add up” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 17, 2023.
Wiktionary: add up
Verb
add up (third-person singular simple present adds up, present participle adding up, simple past and past participle added up)
1. (transitive, of a numerical amount) To take the sum of; to total.
2. (intransitive) To accumulate; to amount to.
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
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Brian Pooley
@BslashyP
Someone nicked my broken calculator at work!......it just doesn’t add up!
5:44 AM · Sep 26, 2014
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Scott Hoad
@ScottHoad
I can’t believe someone stole my broken calculator from work today, it just doesn’t add up.
1:42 PM · Jun 10, 2015
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LB
@Luce1982
I can’t believe someone would steal my broken calculator. It just doesn’t add up!
5:06 PM · Sep 24, 2015
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Joel
@joelbirdtweets
@Pundamentalism @richardosman someone stole my broken calculator, it just doesn’t add up
6:23 AM · Apr 13, 2016
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@BigBearF1
Someone’s stolen my broken calculator. I don’t understand. It just doesn’t add up
6:00 PM · Aug 4, 2020
Twotter
LB
@Luce1982
I can’t believe someone would steal my broken calculator. It just doesn’t add up.
2:12 AM · Jun 24, 2021
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Day
@Day89
Absolutely gutted to find out that someone has stolen my broken calculator.
It just doesn’t add up.
11:06 AM · Jun 13, 2022
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Sir_Pluses May 17, 2023
Someone stole my broken calculator, but I don’t know why.
It just doesn’t add up.
LaffGaff
Broken Calculator Thief
May 20, 2023 by laffgaff
Someone stole my broken calculator, but I don’t know why.
It just doesn’t add up.
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
Why would someone steal my broken calculator?
It doesn’t add up.
1:58 AM · May 21, 2023