The 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak had caused panic purchasing of toilet paper. “If peeps are bulk buying toilet paper, then they really are losing their shit” was posted on Twitter by “SMACKDOWN NAZIS AND THE RORTING LNP Gusface” on March 3, 2020. “There’s a certain irony to people losing their shit over toilet paper… #coronvirusuk” was posted on Twitter by Democratic Brexiter on March 7, 2020.
“Do you know why people are buying up all the toilet paper? Because people are losing their shit” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on March 13, 2020.
Wiktionary: lose one’s shit
Verb
lose one’s shit
1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To lose one’s temper.
2. (idiomatic, vulgar) To have a sudden burst of emotion, regardless of the type of feeling.
3. (idiomatic, vulgar) To break down in laughter.
Twitter
SMACKDOWN NAZIS AND THE RORTING LNP Gusface
@Gusface_Redux
If peeps are bulk buying toilet paper, then they really are losing their shit
#auspol
10:22 PM · Mar 3, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Rod
@rodrigoelp
Why are Aussies running to buy so much toilet paper?
Have they gone insane? Are they losing their shit?
1:54 AM · Mar 5, 2020·Tweetbot for Mac
Twitter
Daniel
@Yambarudan
Replying to @CoreysDigs
Maybe everyone is worried about “losing their shit”, that would explain the hoarding of toilet paper!
4:14 PM · Mar 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Democratic Brexiter.
@airstripone84
There’s a certain irony to people losing their shit over toilet paper… #coronvirusuk
6:56 AM · Mar 7, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Red heart
@ToxicWriting_
To everyone that wants to know why everyone needs toilet paper, it’s because they’re losing their shit!
10:27 PM · Mar 12, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Maybe: Brandon
@B_Galligan92
Why are all the stores out of toilet paper?
Simple: Because everyone is losing their shit.
10:28 PM · Mar 12, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Th0rst31N March 13, 2020
Do you know why people are buying up all the toilet paper?
Because people are losing their shit.
Twitter
99goonsquad
@99_goonsquad
every store doesn’t have toilet paper anymore because everyone is losing their shit
4:27 PM · Mar 13, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Reecepbcups
@reecethesaxman
Why is everyone buying all this toilet paper?
Oh yea, everyone is just losing their shit
#coronavirus #coronapocalypse
8:32 PM · Mar 13, 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.
Recent entries:
•“Never underestimate my desire at any given moment to go home” (4/23)
•“I’m a better person when I’m tan and holding a margarita” (4/23)
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•“‘It’s been a long week.’—Me, in the middle of Tuesday” (4/23)
•“Buying frozen pizza is such a lie. ‘Oh I’ll save this for when I don’t feel like cooking’. Surprise, surprise. Day one” (4/22)
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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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