A jocular line about being a tour guide was posted on Twitter by Brynnester™ on August 11, 2017:
“As I get older and I remember all the people I’ve lost along the way I think to myself, maybe a career as a tour guide wasn’t for me.”
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Brynnester™
@brynnester
As I get older and I remember all the people I’ve lost along the way I think to myself, maybe a career as a tour guide wasn’t for me
10:29 AM - 11 Aug 2017
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Major Bond Holder
@MajorBondHolder
As I get older and I remember all the people I’ve lost along the way, I think to myself, maybe I wasn’t cut out to be a tour guide.
12:54 PM - 13 Aug 2017
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John Kato
@ZiggyKato
As I get older and I remember all the people I’ve lost along the way, I think to myself, maybe a career as a tour guide wasn’t for me.
2:03 PM - 16 Aug 2017
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Jim Morgan
@ReverendJim66
As I grow older, remembering all the people I’ve lost along the way, I think to myself, maybe a career as a tour guide wasn’t for me.
2:41 PM - 16 Aug 2017
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As I get older and I remember all the people I’ve lost along the way
submitted August 17, 2017 by FourWordReplies
I think to myself, maybe a career as a tour guide wasn’t for me
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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