An “alcoholic” pun is:
Q: What do you call a bird who drinks too much?
A: An owlcoholic.
“Owlcoholic” (owl + alcoholic) has been printed on many images. “Owlcoholic”—meaning a person who likes owls—was cited in print in 1997. “What do you call a bird that drinks too much? An owlcoholic” was posted on Twitter on June 2, 2012.
Google Books
The Great Horned Owl’s Proclamation and Other Hoots
By Louise M. Jaffe
New York, NY: Rivercross Pub.
1997
Pg. 13:
PORTRAIT OF ONE OWLCOHOLIC
Google Books
Grateful to Have Been There:
My 42 Years with Bill and Lois, and the Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous
By Nell Wing
Center City, MN: Hazelden
1998
Pg. 145:
I would not, however, expect to be an accepted member of an AA group, because I’m not an alcoholic. An “owlcoholic,” maybe, because I’m a compulsive collector of owls.
Google Groups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Yikes! or I think I’m in over me head
NYoung5585
1/11/98
After Christmas I purchased an owl pattern book that I wanted to stitch one of the owls for my mom who is an owlcoholic.
Twitter
Shotwild
@Shot_Wild
What do you call a bird that drinks too much? An owlcoholic #springwatch
12:28 AM - 2 Jun 2012
Twitter
spicy110
@spicy110sm
What bird drinks too much?
An Owlcoholic!
I’m sorry I’m so so sorry! 😉
7:07 PM - 1 Nov 2013
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@dadtellsjokes
What do you call a bird who drinks too much?
An owlcoholic
10:07 PM - 4 Oct 2017
Twitter
PUNS
@ThePunnyWorld
What do you call a bird who drinks too much?
An owlcoholic
8:18 AM - 5 Oct 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“Some call it multitasking, but I call it doing something else until I remember what I was doing in the first place” (5/14)
•“It’s pretty crazy how there’s an entire profession we have to make wear body cameras because they lie so much” (5/14)
•“Some call it multitasking. I call it doing something else while I try to remember what I was doing in the first place” (5/14)
•“Them: Show me proof.” / “Me: *Sends proof*” / “Them: You’re a conspiracy theorist!” (5/14)
•“If the government has enough money to give to foreign countries…” (5/14)
More new entries...
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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.