“Drinking at home instead of the bar isn’t working out. I almost asked my wife for her number!”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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.

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Entry from April 15, 2020

“Drinking at home instead of the bar isn’t working out. I almost asked my wife for her number!”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many bars closing. Liquor stores were deemed essential businesses and were kept open. People drank at home.

“Quarantine Day 19. Drinking at home instead of the bar isn’t working out. I almost asked my wife for her phone number!” was posted on Facebook by Bill McNamara Sr. on April 1, 2020.

Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.

Facebook
Bill McNamara Sr.
April 1, 2020 at 1:57 PM ·
Quarantine Day 19
Drinking at home instead of the bar isn’t working out.
I almost asked my wife for her phone number!

Twitter
Anil Talwar
@aniltalwar2
Drinking at home compared to the bar just isn’t working out. I almost asked my wife for her phone number.
12:03 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Gazlfc6
@GaryWhiteside40
Drinking at home compared to the bar isn’t working out. I almost asked my wife for her phone number.
2:36 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
david taylor
@davidtaylor57
Quarantine day 12 drinking at home compared to the bar isn’t working out i almost asked my wife for her phone number
5:01 AM · Apr 4, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
TrevOneunitedfan
@TrevOneutdfan
Quarantine day 18
Drinkin at home compared to the bar isn’t workin out. Last night I almost asked my wife for her phone number
9:29 AM · Apr 4, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/VPee April 4, 2020
Drinking at home is not working out
Drinking at home instead of the bar isn’t working working out and may get me into trouble. It’s Day 11 and almost asked my wife for her number!

Twitter
KuRtAy ToRoS
@kurtaytoros83
Drinking at home instead of the bar isn’t working out.
I almost asked my wife for her number!
#ComedyIsMyRemedy
5:39 PM · Apr 13, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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