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.

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Entry from January 19, 2024
“King Arthur measures the size of his omelettes using his eggs caliper”

“Excalibur” (the name of the the mythical sword of King Arthur) can sound like “eggs caliper,” and there are jokes.
   
“eggs caliper” was posted on X/Twitter by “eggs every word” on December 27, 2016. “Arthurian mythology is weirdly concerned with the measurement of eggs. They even have the magic tool Eggs Caliper!” was posted on X/Twitter by Zᴇʀᴏ on February 4, 2018. “King Arthur would measure peasants’ chicken output with his eggs caliper” was posted on X/Twitter by M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™ on January 14, 2023. “King Arthur measures the size of his omelettes using his eggs caliper” was posted on Facebook by Greg Thoms on January 15, 2023.
   
   
Wikipedia: Excalibur
Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may be attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword in the stone that is the proof of Arthur’s lineage and the sword given him by a Lady of the Lake are not the same weapon, even as in some versions of the legend both of them share the name of Excalibur. Several similar swords and other weapons also appear within Arthurian texts, as well as in other legends.
 
X/Twitter
eggs every word
@eggseveryword
eggs caliper
12:56 AM · Dec 27, 2016
 
X/Twitter
Zᴇʀᴏ
@MachineLordZero
Arthurian mythology is weirdly concerned with the measurement of eggs. They even have the magic tool Eggs Caliper!
3:04 AM · Feb 4, 2018
 
X/Twitter
toby gilham
@malumpfy
But what size is eggceptable? I’m going to start marketing some calipers. And call them Eggs-caliper
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LBC
@LBC
Nov 30, 2020
A scotch egg “probably would” count as a substantial meal in a pub or restaurant, Environment Secretary George Eustice tells @NickFerrariLBC.
https://lbc.co.uk/news/environment-secretary-scotch-eggs-probably-count-as-substantial-meal/
7:17 AM · Nov 30, 2020
 
X/Twitter
M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™
@MonotoneofBill
King Arthur would measure peasants’ chicken output with his eggs caliper.
12:53 PM · Jan 14, 2023
     
Facebook
Home Groan Puns ·  Greg Thoms ·
January 15, 2023 at 12:34 PM ·
King Arthur measures the size of his omelettes using his eggs caliper.
   
Facebook
Kenneth DeJong
January 15, 2023 at 12:39 PM ·
King Arthur measured the size of his hens’ embryos using his eggs caliper.
 
X/Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
King Arthur measures the size of his omelettes using his eggs caliper.
12:17 PM · Jan 16, 2023
     
Facebook
Steve Clarke
January 16, 2023 at 6:29 PM ·
I’ve been to a talk on King Arthur today. The sound wasn’t very good but I think they said he used to measure the size of his omelettes by using his eggs caliper.
 
X/Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
King Arthur measured the size of his omelettes using his eggs caliper.
3:03 AM · Jan 19, 2024

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