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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.

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Entry from May 01, 2020

“An alpaca had a parasite removed from around its mouth. It was alpaca lip tick”

"Apocalyptic” shouldn’t be confused with “alpaca lip tick,” but there are jokes. “—Have you seen that film about what happened after the alpaca had a parasite removed from its lip? —You mean the post alpaca lip tick film?” was posted on Twitter by Jeff Gill on December 26, 2014.

“Picture this: A pandemic is unleashed by ticks that live on and around the mouths of alpacas. Global chaos ensues. The disease wipes out 99% of humanity, and the desperate survivors are forced to live in a post-alpaca lip tick wasteland” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 1, 2020.

Twitter
Jeff Gill
@jqgill
—Have you seen that film about what happened after the alpaca had a parasite removed from its lip?
—You mean the post alpaca lip tick film?
3:51 PM · Dec 26, 2014·Tweetbot for iΟS

Twitter
𝕾𝖊𝖙𝖍 𝕰𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖑𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖙 Seth Engelhardt
@theleakymind
When are facial spasms dangerous in a petting zoo?
When it’s alpaca lip tick…
11:08 AM · Oct 4, 2018·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Grumpy Old Health Stats Dude
@healthstatsdude
and every day, after checking their mouths for blood sucking parasites, you’ll have experienced a true post alpaca lip tick lifestyle
1:34 PM · Apr 30, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/habsfan1112 May 1, 2020
Picture this: A pandemic is unleashed by ticks that live on and around the mouths of alpacas.
Global chaos ensues.
The disease wipes out 99% of humanity, and the desperate survivors are forced to live in a post-alpaca lip tick wasteland.

Twitter
a vox upon thy house
@NotMooseBigelow
Picture this: A pandemic is unleashed by ticks that live on and around the mouths of alpacas.
Global chaos ensues.
The disease wipes out 99% of humanity, and the desperate survivors are forced to live in a post-alpaca lip tick wasteland.
3:15 PM · May 1, 2020·TweetDeck

Twitter
Noodles
@Noodles84905167
If a deadly pandemic hit decimating the hooman race, which was spread by ticks that live around the mouths of alpacas… would the surviving hoomans live in a post alpaca lip tick Wasteland? #justcurious
1:01 AM · May 2, 2020·Twitter for Android

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