"Due to unforeseen circumstances not within my control, I will be late” is a saying that might be acceptable for work. A joke on this was posted on Twitter by stoned cold fox on May 3, 2022:
Due to foreseen circumstances well within my control I will be late.”
The tweet went viral and received over 231,800 likes.
Twitter
stoned cold fox
@roastmalone_
due to foreseen circumstances well within my control I will be late
3:31 PM · May 3, 2022
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sThatMakeYouSpitOutY1
9 may 2022
stoned cold fox due to foreseen circumstances well within my control I will be late
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mainrea7pettymay0
1 aug 2022
due to foreseen circumstances well within my control I will be late
Facebook
Word Porn
January 13, 2023 at 9:00 PM ·
Due to
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Due to foreseen
circumstances well
within my control
I will be late.
roastmalone_
Twitter
Declaration of Memes
@libertycappy
(the following tweet is shown.—ed.)
stoned cold fox
@roastmalone_
due to foreseen circumstances well
within my control I will be late
2:30 PM · Feb 5, 2023
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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