“A rye” is a frequent homophone for “awry.” “My bread baking business has gone a rye” was posted on Twitter on August 9, 2011.
A pun was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on December 7, 2017:
“When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye.”
Twitter
Harrison Wood
@woodysyourfav
My bread baking business has gone a rye.
9:41 AM - 9 Aug 2011
Twitter
ɥʇɹoʍʇuǝʍ uǝʌǝʇs
@S_wentworth
My bread baking business has gone a rye.
12:54 PM - 9 Aug 2011
Reddit—Oneliners
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye
submitted December 7, 2017 by Graybuck123
Twitter
JokeFarm
@_JokeFarm
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye #joke #jokes
8:04 PM - 6 Dec 2017 (Posted after the above.—ed.)
Twitter
LOL Tweets™
@lolmgco
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye
8:20 PM - 6 Dec 2017
Twitter
Ron
@upminster13
When I accidentally bought the wrong type of bread, my day had gone a rye
1:21 AM - 7 Dec 2017
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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