“Behind every great man is a great(er) woman” is an old saying. Women are often in the kitchen—a place where most men shouldn’t be.
This jocular variation was posted on Twitter by human aaron on August 29, 2020, and it went viral (over 285,000 likes):
“Behind every great man is the drawer I need to get into. Why are you even in the kitchen right now.”
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human aaron
@humanaaron
Behind every great man is the drawer I need to get into
why are you even in the kitchen right now
10:32 AM · Aug 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Sam Powell
@sampowell365
My wife said, “behind every great man is the drawer I need to get into why are you in the kitchen anyway” and that is the most married thing ever.
11:57 AM · Sep 2, 2020·Twitter for Android
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5eyes
@5eyedsnoop
Replying to @amyalkon
“Behind every great man is the drawer I want to get into…and wtf are you in the kitchen now anyway. “ - unknown.
4:24 PM · Sep 13, 2020·Twitter Web App
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mrs O
@Whiskeytagofox
Behind every great man is the drawer someone needs to get into WHY ARE YOU EVEN IN THE KITCHEN RIGHT NOW?!?!??!?!??
4:26 PM · Oct 30, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Cassi Mitchell Smith
@G88Gassi
Behind every great man is the drawer I need to get to why are you even in the kitchen right now?
1:24 PM · Apr 29, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Michiale M Schneider
@MichialeS
“Behind every great man is the drawer I need to get into… like why are you even in the kitchen right now?”
#greatblueheron #greategret #bird #birdwatching #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #wildlife #venicefl #florida #swfl #lovefl
@VeniceFla
6:28 AM · May 13, 2021·Twitter Web App
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.
Recent entries:
•“Never underestimate my desire at any given moment to go home” (4/23)
•“I’m a better person when I’m tan and holding a margarita” (4/23)
•“You ARE a good driver. That curb DOESN’T belong there” (4/23)
•“‘It’s been a long week.’—Me, in the middle of Tuesday” (4/23)
•“Buying frozen pizza is such a lie. ‘Oh I’ll save this for when I don’t feel like cooking’. Surprise, surprise. Day one” (4/22)
More new entries...
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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