“If caught sleeping, slowly raise your head from your desk and say, ‘In Jesus name, Amen’” is a jocular work tip that has been printed on many images. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1999, when it was part of a list titled “Ten best things to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk.” The top answer:
“And the No. 1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk is ...
1. ’ ... in Jesus’ name, Amen.’”
Authorship of the top ten list is unknown.
21 February 1999, Statesman Journal (Salem, OR), “Willamette WHIMSY” by Tom Forstrom, pg. 1D, col. 1:
Here are the Top 10 things to say if your boss wanders by and catches you nodding off at your desk. A reader passed them along to us.
(...)
And the No. 1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk is ...
1. ” ... in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Google Groups: alt.flame.jesus.christ
Ten best things to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
St. Jackanapes
6/2/00
Ten best things to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
(...)
And the number one best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
1. ” ... in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Google Groups: alt.uu.misc.misc
TEN THINGS
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12/8/06
TEN BEST THINGS TO SAY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR DESK
(...)
AND, THE NUMBER ONE BEST THING TO SAY IF YOU GET CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR DESK:
1. Raise your head slowly and say, “...in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Twitter
Rico Sta. Cruz
@rstacruz
5 Best Things to Say When Caught Sleeping at Your Desk: 1. Raise your head slowly and say, “...in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
10:05 PM - 25 Nov 2007
Google Books
The Funniest Things I Read on E-Mail While My Boss Thought I Was Working
By Ken Garber
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris.com)
2009
Pg. 107:
And the NUMBER ONE best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk: (Raising your head slowly) “... In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Google Books
Emailing America
By Rhonda Watkins
Lulu Press (Lulu.com)
2017
Pg. 80:
And the NUMBER ONE best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
(Raising your head slowly) ‘... in Jesus’ name, Amen’
Twitter
Bender
@TheBenderNation
#BenderLifeHack If you ever get caught sleeping in class OR WORK… slowly raise your head from your desk and say, “In Jesus’ name… Amen”.🤣😇🙏
8:01 AM - 8 May 2018
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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