Some people panic at the forecast of a major snowstorm. “Don’t worry about the snow storm, everything’s going to be all white”—a pun on “all right”—was posted on Twitter on January 10, 2011. “Snow flurry. About a thing. Cause every little thing. Is gonna be all white”—a winter pun on the lyrics to Bob Marley’s song “Three Little Birds”—was posted on Twitter on February 17, 2012.
“Everyone is freaking out about the snow coming… but everything is going to be all white” was posted on Twitter by Ray Shipman on December 22, 2017.
Twitter
Joey Tarrant
@BIGSHOWJOE
@funnyoneliners Don’t worry about the snow storm, everything’s going to be all white.
8:26 AM - 10 Jan 2011
Twitter
Ashley Clawson
@ashleytaylorx4
Snow flurry. About a thing.
Cause every little thing.
Is gonna be all white.
10:54 AM - 17 Feb 2012
Twitter
Tracie
@traciesummers_x
don’t worry...about the snow...cos every li’l thing… is gonna be all white!! heehee x
2:26 AM - 18 Jan 2013
Twitter
stephen_owen
@stephen_owen
Rise up this morning, smiled at the rising snow. Singing don’t worry, ‘bout a thing, everything little thing, is gonna be all white…
6:35 AM - 27 Feb 2013
Twitter
Little Rich
@TheLittleRich
Had an update on the weather from the MET office regarding the snow:
‘Don’t panic! Everything’s going to be all white’
#snow #weirdweather
2:25 AM - 3 Feb 2015
Twitter
Ray Shipman
@rayshipman22
@dadtellsjokes Everyone is freaking out about the snow coming… but everything is going to be all white.
3:00 PM - 22 Dec 2017
Twitter
jolly dad jokes
@dadtellsjokes
Everyone is freaking out about the snow coming… but everything is going to be all white.
7:15 PM - 2 Jan 2018
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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