“Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza” is a jocular one-line saying—used by people who’d rather eat pizza than celery—that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter by Andreea Hluscu on May 22, 2013.
Twitter
Andreea Hluscu
@ayyhluscu
Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
4:40 PM - 22 May 2013
Twitter
Mackenzie Fox
@connoisseur_af
True RT @andreeahluscu: Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
5:01 PM - 22 May 2013
Twitter
The Vexed Muddler
@vexedmuddler
Replying to @ayyhluscu
A sad truth. RT @andreeahluscu: Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
7:36 PM - 22 May 2013
Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
11:04 AM - 8 Nov 2014
Funny Status
Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
October 21, 2014 Food Status Updates
Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
14 August 2015, The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), “The Last Word” by Marty Smith, pg. 26:
JUST A THOUGHT Celery is 95 per cent water and 100 per cent not pizza.
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Celery is 95% water and 100% not pizza.
submitted December 17, 2017 by mikeisadroid
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. 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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