“COllege is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable” is a saying that has been printed on several images. The jocular saying was posted on Twitter by Selena Starla and also on the website Grouchy Rabbit on August 27, 2011.
Grouchy Rabbit
REALIZED
College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable.
Twitter
Selena Starla
@OnlyForSelenas
College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable.
9:10 AM - 27 Aug 2011
Twitter
Linda Langhorst
@Lin_Lan
Realized: College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable. http://e.ht/1a8
1:42 PM - 27 Aug 2011
Funny Status
College is the only time in which being poor and drunk…
February 23, 2013
College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable.
Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable.
2:24 PM - 13 Mar 2014
Twitter
nick
@nick_mena
Only time where being drunk and poor is acceptable. #college
1:29 PM - 25 Sep 2014
Society19
5 Best Quotes About College
APRIL 15, 2016 by AUTUMN MCCARTHY
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4. “Remember kids, college is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable.”
Being in college is a time when being poor is normal. Scrounging for money is something that every college student experiences and deciding to spend money on food or alcohol is a constant struggle.
Twitter
That’s Normal
@Thats_Normal
Ah, college. The only place where being poor and drunk is acceptable. http://bit.ly/2bWecEX
3:00 PM - 2 Sep 2016
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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