“Retirement: God’s reward for not strangling your boss” has been printed on several images. “Retirement is a gift you receive for having not strangled the boss. Word.” was posted on Twitter on March 1, 2016.
“Retirement: God’s reward for not strangling your boss” was posted on Twitter on May 17, 2016 and probably originated with this Hallmark wooden block.
Words of Whizdumb
GET OFF MY LAWN
eldave1 / October 7, 2013
(...)
You finally reached the point in your life where the big things are either taken care of or are no longer relevant. You’re retired so you don’t have to worry about those dreams you had of strangling your boss.
Twitter
Dick
@cpadick
Retirement is a gift you receive for having not strangled the boss. Word.
9:26 AM - 1 Mar 2016
Twitter
Funny and Amusing
@FunnyAndAmusing
Retirement-Retirement: God’s reward for not
strangling your boss.
https://FunnyAndAmusing.com/view/1520/Retirement … #funnyandamusing
12:10 PM - 17 May 2016
Twitter
Blackisms Web
@BlackismsWeb
Retirement: Your reward for never having strangled the boss (A Shoebox Greetings book) http://blackisms.com/2016/12/retirement-your-reward-for-never-having-strangled-the-boss-a-shoebox-greetings-book/ …
4:32 AM - 15 Dec 2016
Twitter
Adan Munoz
@Munzo4
Retirement is gods reward to not strangling your boss 😂
3:33 PM - 28 Feb 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.
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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.
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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