“Saddle your hoss before cussin’ the boss” is a Texas-type saying that has appeared on signs since at least 2003. The Saltgrass Steak House restaurants have such a sign in the bar area.
New York (NY) Times
July 9, 2003
In These Border Patrols, the Bounty Is Ticks
By SIMON ROMERO
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“We’ve been so good at our job that our herds never became impervious to the tick,” Edwin Bowers, administrator of the tick eradication program at the Agriculture Department’s office here, said in an interview under a sign reading, “Saddle Your Hoss Before Cussin’ the Boss.”
24 February 2005, Dallas (TX) Morning News:
A saddle with more than a century of use sits on a stand and bears a sign that reads: “Saddle your hoss before cussin’ the boss.”
It’s a Love Story, Baby Just Say Yes
Monday, October 27, 2008
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner
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The restaurant itself was a sight to see…adorned on the walls were stuffed “animals” - bobcats, foxes, etc. signs that read “Saddle your hoss before cussin’ the boss” and about fifty stuffed and fake chickens everywhere!
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:
•“I read old books because I would rather learn from those who built civilization than those who tore it down” (4/18)
•“I study old buildings because I would rather learn from those who built civilization than those who tore it down” (4/18)
•“Due to personal reasons, I’m still going to be fluffy this summer” (4/18)
•“Do not honk at me. My life is worthless. I will kill us both” (bumper sticker) (4/18)
•“Please don’t honk at me. I’ll cry” (bumper sticker) (4/18)
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.
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