“Bap” bread rolls have nothing to do with the biblical John the Baptist, but there are puns. “All of Jesus’ breakfast rolls had first to be tasted by John the Bap Test” was posted on Twitter on March 6, 2012.
“The patron saint of checking if your bread rolls are ready to come out of the oven is St. John the Bap test” was posted on Twitter by Paul Eggleston on June 26, 2017.
Wikipedia: Bread roll
Europe
Even in the same languages rolls are known by a variety of names. In Ireland and parts of England, a soft roll is called a bap.
Twitter
Count Meersbrookula
@PabloCakeface
@RealBobMortimer Who’s the patron saint of breast examinations?
John the Bap Test.
12:37 PM - 6 Aug 2011
Twitter
Sultan Brooneye
@RaymondoBroon
@BenedictFarse All of Jesus’ breakfast rolls had first to be tasted by John the Bap Test
3:03 AM - 6 Mar 2012 from City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Twitter
🙈 🙉 🙊
@GaylordFarquhar
Replying to @thatmagicbloke
@thatmagicbloke make sure you take my mate John to check all the bread rolls for freshness.
John the Bap test.
4:30 AM - 7 Apr 2012
Twitter
Paul Eggleston
@pauleggleston
The patron saint of checking if your bread rolls are ready to come out of the oven is St. John the Bap test.
3:47 PM - 26 Jun 2017
Twitter
Simon
@JelleySimon
@CallyHocknell
Have you heard of the patron saint for checking the rolls are ready to come out of the oven.
St john the bap test.
2:07 PM - 27 Jun 2017
Twitter
Matt Oakley
@MattOakleyMojo
The bread roll quality control guy at #Greggs is called John The BapTest.
12:14 PM - 15 Nov 2017
Twitter
🤣 The Dad Joke Man 😉
@DadJokeMan
#sillysaturday Did you know that the patron saint of checking if your bread rolls are ready to come out of the oven is, St John the Bap Test….. ?
4:41 AM - 5 May 2018
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)
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•“Unless you’re music, I don’t wanna listen to you in the morning” (5/8)
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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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