“I was doing my vocabulary homework when suddenly I felt dizzy. I had to sit for a spell”

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Entry from September 02, 2017

“I was doing my vocabulary homework when suddenly I felt dizzy. I had to sit for a spell”

A pun about vocabulary homework is:

“I was doing my vocabulary homework when suddenly I felt dizzy. I had to sit for a spell.”

The joke was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on September 2, 2017.

Reddit—3amjokes
I was doing my vocabulary homework when suddenly I felt dizzy. self.3amjokes
Submitted September 2, 2017 by knox_vile
I had to sit for a spell.

Twitter
3AM‏
@3AM_Jokes
I was doing my vocabulary homework when suddenly I felt dizzy…. I had to sit for a spell.
9:59 PM - 1 Sep 2017 (This was posted after the above, although the date is different.—ed.)

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@lolmgco
I was doing my vocabulary homework when suddenly I felt dizzy.
I had to sit for a spell.
10:06 PM - 1 Sep 2017

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Education/Schools • Saturday, September 02, 2017 • Permalink

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