“What is this? Bring-your-knife-to-work day??” (March 15th joke)
“Is it bring your knife to work day or something?—Julius Caesar” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Roman dictator Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC) was assassinated by a group of senators during a Senate session, with 23 knife wounds, on the Ides of March (March 15, in 44 BC).
“Is it bring your knife to work day or something?—Julius Caesar” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Raging Mustache on October 15, 2020, and this received over 5,500 shares. “WHAT IS THIS? BRING-YOUR-KNIFE-TO-WORK DAY??” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Michael James on March 15, 2025.
Wikipedia: Ides of March
The Ides of March (/aɪdz/) is the day on the Roman calendar marked as the Idus, roughly the midpoint of a month, of Martius, corresponding to 15 March on the Gregorian calendar. It was marked by several major religious observances. In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar, which made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history.
Wikipedia: Assassination of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March), 44 BC, by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located within the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The conspirators, numbering 60 individuals and led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, stabbed Caesar approximately 23 times. They justified the act as a preemptive defense of the Roman Republic, asserting that Caesar’s accumulation of lifelong political authority—including his perpetual dictatorship and other honors—threatened republican traditions. The assassination failed to achieve its immediate objective of restoring the Republic’s institutions. Instead, it precipitated Caesar’s posthumous deification, triggered the Liberators’ civil war (43–42 BC) between his supporters and the conspirators, and contributed to the collapse of the Republic.
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Raging Mustache
October 15, 2020 at 7:00 PM ·
(“Is it bring your knife to work day or something?—Julius Caesar” is shown on an image.—ed.)
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Bart Mitchell
March 15, 2022 at 2:30 PM ·
“What is it, bring your knife to work day?”
J. Caesar
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Michael Clare Moore
May 22, 2022 at 1:51 PM ·
What is it, “bring your knife to work day” or something?
-Julius Caesar
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti
@drcarpineti.bsky.social
Happy “bring your knife to work” day! #IdesOfMarch
[Portion of the painting by Vincenzo Camuccini: La morte di Cesare
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3:29 AM · Mar 15, 2024
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Ben Fowler
@benmffowler.bsky.social
[A Roman statue with a quote attributed to Julius Caesar that says “Is it being your knife to work day or something?”.
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cait (and adonis)
@cait.bsky.social
· Mar 8, 2025
just fyi the ides of march is coming up, if anyone would like to do the funniest thing of all time
7:48 PM · Mar 8, 2025
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Michael James is with Ron Cyrus and 10 others
March 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM ·
BRING YOUR KNIFE TO WORK DAY….................
[An image of Julius Caesar at the Senate surrounded by everyone brandishing weapons (swords and long daggers), with a caption that reads in all caps: “What is this? Bring-your-knife-to-work day??”
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Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
[Roman statue of Julius Caesar with the saying, “Is it bring your knife to work day or something?”
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11:33 AM · Mar 15, 2025
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Tony Stark
@immortalironman.bsky.social
By the way, it’s the Ides of March. Just thought I’d mention it. And fuck it, I’m sharing my favorite meme for the day.
[An image of Julius Caesar at the Senate surrounded by everyone brandishing weapons (swords and long daggers), with a caption that reads in all caps: “What is this? Bring-your-knife-to-work day??”
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5:52 PM · Mar 15, 2025
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Prairie Putz
@putzisbackbaby
[An image of Julius Caesar at the Senate surrounded by everyone brandishing weapons (swords and long daggers), with a caption that reads in all caps: “What is this? Bring-your-knife-to-work day??”
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7:57 PM · Mar 15, 2025
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T. Robert Jackson
@TRobertJackson2
Before that he said, “What? Is this Bring Your Knife to Work Day or something?”
7:09 PM · Jul 11, 2025
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Pav
@PaulRS123
Yeah… Julius…. That’s what today is. It’s ‘Bring Your Knife To Work’ Day. No, seriously, we’re gonna cut up some lettuce and make a salad. We’ll even name it after you.
2:24 PM · Mar 15, 2026
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Jac
@JacCooper1
Parody account
Hey Brutus, remember “bring your knife to work day” today, right?
5:47 AM · Mar 16, 2026
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Stephen Uitti he/him/it/they/hey-you
@suitti.bsky.social
If you have epileptic lettuce, make a seizure salad.
[Meme: What is it, bring your knife to work day?—Julius Ceasar March 15, 44 BCE
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12:45 PM · Mar 16, 2026