To “clear the table” usually means to take away dinner plates, but a pun was posted on Reddit—Jokes on April 14, 2017:
“After dinner my wife asked me if I could clear the table. I needed a running start, but I did it!”
Reddit—Jokes
After dinner my wife asked me if I could clear the table…
submitted April 14, 2017 by madazzahatter
I needed a running start, but I did it!
Twitter
Richard Serkey
@aufrichtig40
After dinner, my wife asked me if I could clear the table…
I had to take a running start, but I did it!
(by madazzahatter)
2:31 AM - 14 Apr 2017
Twitter
Mr. Drinks On Me
@Mr_DrinksOnMe
After dinner my girlfriend asked me if I could clear the table. I needed a running start, but I did it.
5:27 AM - 14 Apr 2017
Twitter
JB
@JB1971_
After dinner my wife asked me if I could clear the table… I needed a bloody long run up… but i made it.
12:32 PM - 29 Apr 2017
Twitter
Jay Foreman
@jay4man
After dinner my wife asked me if I could clear the table.
I needed a running start, but I made it.
4:27 AM - 22 Jun 2017
Reddit—Cleanjokes
After dinner, my wife asked me if I could clear the table… (self.cleanjokes)
submitted February 17, 2018 by madazzahatter
I needed a running start, but I made it!
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.
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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