“That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to” (inflation joke)

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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:
•“Unless you’re music, I don’t want to listen to you in the morning” (5/8)
•“Took my own lunch to work and didn’t buy a coffee today so I should be able to afford to buy a house any day now” (5/8)
•“Unless you’re music, I don’t wanna listen to you in the morning” (5/8)
•“Why does inclusiveness include everything except opposing views?” (5/8)
•Entry in progress—BP23 (5/8)
More new entries...

Follow @barrypopik

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.

This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry from November 23, 2021

“That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to” (inflation joke)

Twenty dollars used to be able to fill up a car’s gas tank, but that was before inflation.

“That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to” was posted on Twitter by SpottieOttieDopaliscious on November 22, 2021. “that twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to” was posted on Twitter by brianna ♈︎ ❆ ☀︎ on November 23, 2021, and this tweet went viral (over 140,000 likes).

Twitter
Madi Olivé
@madddiiison
twenty in the gas tank, six hundred in the bank. #paid
5:49 PM · Jul 11, 2011·Twitter SMS

Twitter
CaramelDelight♍
@chelsss_lovee
Just put twenty in the gas tank went to half . I remember i used to put in ten for that . #gasprices
2:35 AM · Mar 26, 2012·Twitter for Android

Twitter
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
@SPOTTIEOTTIEDO3
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to.
10:36 AM · Nov 22, 2021·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Kannon Boy
@moodfohhh
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t hitting like it used to.
1:31 PM · Nov 22, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
alexis
@alexisw510
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to.
2:31 PM · Nov 22, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
saaaaabrinaaa
@eaatmusiccc_
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to.
The $40 is more like it
5:08 PM · Nov 22, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
taylor
@totally_tayz
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to. W
10:25 PM · Nov 22, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Facebook
More Crazy Stuff
November 23, 2021 at 8:27 AM ·
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t
twentying like it used to…

Twitter
MAJひ⁶𓅓
@ykmaj6
That twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to.
9:30 AM · Nov 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
brianna ♈︎ ❆ ☀︎
@thebaddiebrii
that twenty in the gas tank ain’t twentying like it used to
10:52 AM · Nov 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Banking/Finance/Insurance • Tuesday, November 23, 2021 • Permalink

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.