"Being a parent means knowing how to unwrap a candy bar (Snickers) without making any noise”—that is, having a guilty pleasure without waking the kids—has been printed on many images. Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar.
“Being a parent, means knowing how to unwrap a candy bar without making any noise!” was posted on Twitter on July 2, 2013. “Being a parent means knowing how to unwrap a Snickers without making any noise” was posted on Twitter on July 7, 2013. The saying probably originated on an ecard.
Wikipedia: Snickers
Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by the American company Mars, Incorporated. Consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate, Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion.
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Tonia Clark
@toniaclark89
Being a parent, means knowing how to unwrap a candy bar without making any noise!
10:17 PM - 2 Jul 2013
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@GrimLady013
Being a parent means knowing how to unwrap a Snickers without making any noise.
12:31 PM - 7 Jul 2013
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Nitty balconybundlez
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«@Shenenehh Being a parent means knowing how to unwrap a Snickers ,without making any noise..»so true
11:09 PM - 16 Aug 2013
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Dad Jokes:
The Punniest Joke Book Ever
By Editors of Portable Press
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
2017
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Being a parent means knowing how to unwrap a candy bar without making any noise.
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Being a parent means knowing how to unwrap a chocolate bar without making any noise.
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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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