“My wife gave me £50 and said spend it on something that makes me look sexy. So I got drunk on Jack Daniels” was posted on Twitter on December 21, 2011. “Whilst out xmas shopping the misses said to get something that makes her look sexy….so i got drunk” was also posted on Twitter on December 21, 2011.
“My girlfriend told me to go out and get something that makes her look sexy, so i got drunk”—a popular form of the saying—was posted on Twitter on January 22, 2012.
The saying has been printed on several images.
Twitter
Lee S Photography
@lee2174
My wife gave me £50 and said spend it on something that makes me look sexy. So I got drunk on Jack Daniels
9:04 AM - 21 Dec 2011
Twitter
steven collins
@stecollins1
Whilst out xmas shopping the misses said to get something that makes her look sexy….so i got drunk
11:12 AM - 21 Dec 2011
Twitter
David Ulliott
@devilfish2011
Went xmas shopping wife said get something to make her look sexy !! So I got drunk
5:33 PM - 24 Dec 2011
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2012
Pg. ?:
For her birthday, my wife told me to get something that would make her look sexy. So I got drunk.
Twitter
The Best Jokes
@BestJoker
My girlfriend told me to go out and get something that makes her look sexy, so i got drunk.
5:30 AM - 22 Jan 2012
Twitter
Luis F. Martinez
@luisfmjumper
“My wife told me to go get something that made her look sexy. So I got drunk.” that’s bad.
2:27 AM - 22 Apr 2012
Thought Catalog
50 Brilliant Sarcastic Jokes That Will Crack You Up When You’re Feeling Snarky
By Mélanie Berliet, March 4th 2016
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23. My girlfriend told me to go out and get something that makes her look sexy, so I got drunk.
Root Report
FUNNY, QUOTES / MAY 25, 2017
75+ Best Funny Sarcastic Quotes You Won’t Believe
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My girlfriend told me to go out and get something that makes her look sexy… so I got drunk.
Reddit—Oneliners
My girlfriend told me to go out and get something that makes her look sexy… so I got drunk.
submitted October 18, 2017 by serenaa9
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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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