"Caution: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
“CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant...who knew” was posted on Twitter by Danny on June 11, 2012. “CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant...who knew” was posted on Twitter by Leon Cupit on June 12, 2012. The saying probably originated on an image.
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Danny
@db_astro
CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant...who knew.
4:25 PM · Jun 11, 2012·TweetDeck
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Leon Cupit
@LeonCupit
CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant...who knew.
Sorry Officer!
3:40 AM · Jun 12, 2012·Facebook
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William M.
@LisbonVirgo
RT @Vamp_Vixxen: CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant...who knew.
3:16 PM · Jun 15, 2012·Echofon
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@jessdxvies
CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant.. who knew.
5:34 PM · Jun 19, 2012·Twitter Web Client
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BrookeyB
@Brookebrown02
CAUTION ! When someone tells you to “Get A Grip” apparently around their neck is not what they ment ... Who knew ?
2:13 PM · Oct 24, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
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Love & Laughter
May 23, 2019 at 12:42 PM ·
When someone tells you to get a grip, apparently around their neck is not what they meant. Who knew!! 😲
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hashtag #mikedao
@mikedao
Pro Tip: When someone tells you to “Get a grip” they do NOT mean around their neck, apparently.
10:45 AM · Sep 24, 2020·Hootsuite Inc.
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MimiLisa
@69MimiLisa
CAUTION: When someone says get a grip, apparently around their neck is NOT what they meant.
3:32 PM · Dec 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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April 7, 2021 at 2:00 PM ·
Shared by Kenneth Wright
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Caution:
When someone says get a
grip, apparently around their
neck is NOT what they
meant.
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.
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