“Dear Alcohol/Tequila/Vodka/Wine, we had a deal last night. You were supposed to make me funnier, smarter and a better dancer. But I saw the video. I think we need to talk” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “Dear vodka: We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer. But I saw the video and we need to talk…” was posted on Twitter on December 5, 2009. “Dear Tequila: We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer. But I saw the video” was also posted on Twitter on December 5, 2009.
Twitter
Daniel Pitts
@danpitts87
Dear vodka: We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer. But I saw the video and we need to talk…
9:04 PM - 5 Dec 2009
Twitter
TediGrams
@tedigrams772
Dear Tequila: We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer. But I saw the video. ... http://lnk.ms/3JrqV
9:19 PM - 5 Dec 2009
Twitter
Heidi Stephens
@_heidini
Dear Tequila: We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer. I saw the video. I think we need to talk…
9:27 PM - 2 Jan 2010
Twitter
Jackie Mwakyambiki
@LaPrincessaz
Dear #Alcohol We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer. But I saw the video. And we need to to talk
8:58 AM - 18 Oct 2010
Seeking Happiness
April 16, 2011
I’ll blow your mind
(...)
Dear Tequila, we had a deal last night. You were supposed to make me funnier, smarter and a better dancer. I saw the video, we need to talk.
Twitter
Henriette
@Henriette49s
Dear Wine
We had a deal. You were supposed to make me sexier, smarter and a better dancer but I saw the video.
I think we need to talk…
8:20 AM - 21 Jun 2011
Twitter
Common White Girl
@GirlPosts
Dear Tequila, we had a deal last night. You were supposed to make me funnier, smarter and a better dancer. I saw the video, we need to talk.
11:03 AM - 7 Sep 2011
Google Books
Thintastic Drinks
By Jennifer Dossett
eBookIt.com
2012
Pg. 81:
Dear Vodka,
“We had a deal last night. You were supposed to make me funnier, smarter and a better dancer. I saw the video, we need to talk!”
Author Unknown
Twitter
Not Will Ferrell
@itsWillyFerrell
Dear alcohol, we had a deal, you were supposed to make me funnier, smarter, and a better dancer. I saw the video. We need to talk…
6:00 PM - 8 Jul 2012
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.
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