Many buildings have “Wet Floor” signs, indicating that people should walk there only with great caution. The sign usually means that the floor has just been cleaned. A joke is:
“Today I learned that ‘Wet Floor’ signs are not a request.”
“Apparently ‘Wet Floor’ signs are not a request” was posted on Twitter on January 12, 2017. “Today I learned ‘Wet Floor’ signs are not a request” was posted on Twitter by Andrew on April 5, 2017.
Twitter
Dan Bandekow
@Bandekow
Apparently “Wet Floor” signs are not a request.
12:50 PM - 12 Jan 2017
Twitter
Andrew
@ibxtoycat
Today I learned “Wet Floor” signs are not a request
4:54 AM - 5 Apr 2017
Reddit—Oneliners
Today I learned “Wet Floor” signs are not a request (self.oneliners)
submitted April 5, 2017 by Bandekow
Twitter
Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce
@RiffsAndBeards
Today I learned that ‘Wet Floor’ signs are not a request.
4:24 PM - 5 Apr 2017
Twitter
Living Sarcasm
@SarcasmLiving
Today I learned “Wet Floor” signs are not a request
7:49 AM - 9 Apr 2017
Reddit—Jokes
Today I learned that “Wet Floor” signs…
submitted July 20, 2017 by madazzahatter
…are not a request…
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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