“When I was young, we were so poor we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat. I would often skip lunch”

To “skip lunch” means to “miss” lunch, but a joke uses “skip” literally.
 
“When I was young we were so poor we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat. I would often skip lunch” was posted on X/Twitter by🤘⸸ 𝕸𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖒𝖓𝖊𝖉 ⸸🤘on August 16, 2018. “When I was young we were so poor, we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat… I would often skip lunch” was posted on Facebook by Skip Dotherow on September 8, 2019. “When I was growing up we were so poor, that sometimes there’d only be bits of old rope to eat. I’d often skip lunch…” was posted on X/Twitter by Doc on July 9, 2020. Authorship of the joke is uncertain.
 
 
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🤘⸸ 𝕸𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖒𝖓𝖊𝖉 ⸸🤘
@MaidenWatford
When I was young we were so poor we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat.
I would often skip lunch.
7:45 PM · Aug 16, 2018
 
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Skip Dotherow
September 8, 2019 at 3:24 PM ·
When I was young we were so poor, we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat…
I would often skip lunch.
 
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Doc 
@DocAtCDI
When I was growing up we were so poor, that sometimes there’d only be bits of old rope to eat.
I’d often skip lunch…
4:20 AM · Jul 9, 2020
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
VERBERD—June 17, 2022
When I was younger, we were so poor, we would only have bits of rope to eat.
I would often skip lunch.
 
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Craig
@cd_78
When I was young we were so poor we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat.
I would often skip lunch.
4:32 PM · Aug 18, 2024
 
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💂🏻‍♀️👋🏻вєαя🍻🇬🇧™
@BigBearF1
We were so poor- sometimes we only had bits of old rope to eat.
I would often skip lunch.
4:47 AM · Aug 19, 2024
 
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Jay Dwight
@JayD1313
When I was young we were so poor we sometimes only had bits of old rope to eat.
I would often skip lunch.
4:47 PM · Oct 18, 2024
 
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💂🏻‍♀️👋🏻вєαя🍻🇬🇧™
@BigBearF1
We were so poor- sometimes we only had bits of old rope to eat.
I would often skip lunch.
3:29 PM · Aug 19, 2025
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
We were so poor growing up, that sometimes there were only bits of old rope to eat.
I’d often skip lunch.
6:10 PM · Oct 11, 2025