“Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The Denver (C) Post of January 24, 1996, credits the aphorism to “Ken Jones” (many people go by that name), but the authorship is uncertain.
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Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer.” — Anonymous.
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Ken Jones
Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer.
24 January 1996, Denver (CO) Post, “Well-schooled brewer ends drought at Tivoli” by Dick Kreck, pg. F1:
QUOTABLE: “Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer.” Ken Jones.
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Water is good only for two things: For floating ships and for making beer.
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“Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer.” — Anonymous #beerquotes
11:51 AM - 28 Sep 2010
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“Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer.” -Anonymous
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Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer! -Anonymous
3:12 PM - 15 Oct 2018
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Water is good for only two things:
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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.
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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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