"CPR is (just) the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge hoping it’ll work again” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge and hoping it’ll work again” was posted on Twitter by Mitch Geers (and others) on February 2, 2015. The saying probably originated on an image.
Wikipedia: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest. It is recommended in those who are unresponsive with no breathing or abnormal breathing, for example, agonal respirations.
Twitter
Mitch Geers
@mitchgeersyo
CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge and hoping it’ll work again
5:04 PM · Feb 2, 2015·Twitter for Android
Twitter
James Payne
@JamesPayne001
CPR is the human version of blowing into a nintendo cartridge and hoping that it fixes the problem.
6:04 PM · Feb 2, 2015·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Matt Mckelvain
@MattMcKelvain
CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge and hoping it will work again.
9:32 PM · Feb 2, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Tyler Parker
@WanderingParker
#CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game, and hoping it works after. #FirefighterHumor #EMSHumor #Humor #EMS #firefighting
11:33 PM · Feb 2, 2015·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/The_Belt29 September 25, 2015
CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge hoping it’ll work again.
Twitter
Nameless Network
@namelesstv
CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge hoping it’ll work again.
5:45 PM · Sep 10, 2016·Buffer
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/the_nazi_monk April 11, 2019
CPR is just a human version of blowing into a video game cartridge hoping it’ll work again.
Twitter
GFUEL | Obey Shorty🥧
@SHORTYPlE
CPR is just the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge and hoping it will work again 🎮
4:30 AM · Jun 22, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
🇨🇦 It’s just me Smokey 🇨🇦
@420iloveweed
CPR is just the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge hoping it will work again.
2:50 PM · Nov 17, 2019·Twitter for Android
Twitter
UrMomsChestHair 🙃
@HoloGRAMchinky
CPR is the human version of blowing into a video game cartridge hoping it’ll work again.
10:29 AM · Jan 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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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