Many want-ads say “apply within.” “Friend reqired for drink fun: Apply with Inn” is a joke that was posted on Twitter on August 20, 2010.
A joke included in Jokes for Blokes: The Ultimate Book of Jokes not Suitable for Mixed Company (2011) by Llewellyn Dowd and Phil McCracken is:
“Female wanted, must have your own pub. Apply with inn.”
30 November 2009, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) “The Diary” by Ken Smith, pg. 13:
Apply with inn
NIGEL Robson spots a Christmas poster outside a kirk in Greenbank, Edinburgh, which reads: “Carpenter from Nazareth needs joiners”.
Twitter
Paul Harper
@h4rpski
friend reqired for drink fun: Apply with Inn.
11:14 PM - 20 Aug 2010
Google Books
Jokes for Blokes:
The Ultimate Book of Jokes not Suitable for Mixed Company
By Llewellyn Dowd and Phil McCracken
London, UK: Ebury Press
2011
Pg. 202:
Female wanted, must have your own pub. Apply with inn.
Twitter
Tomas ‘the sandwich enjoyer’ Shore
@M0by_Duck
Wanted: a pub, apply with inn.
2:30 PM - 29 Mar 2012
Twitter
Mark Alefounder
@Ind_Broker
Female wanted. Must have your own pub. Apply with Inn 🍺🍻
3:26 AM - 26 Mar 2013
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
Female wanted; must have own pub.
Apply with Inn.
2:57 PM - 3 Oct 2017
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
Female wanted; must have own pub.
Apply with Inn.
12:36 PM - 13 Jan 2018
Twitter
Ron
@upminster13
Female wanted; must have own pub.
Apply with Inn.
2:45 AM - 8 Jun 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.
Recent entries:
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“They cheated in the last election. Better vote them out this time” (6/3)
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“Anything I don’t like should be banned. Everything I like should be a human right…” (6/3)
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“It’s that time of year where people will say, ‘It’s too hot for coffee‘“ (6/3)
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“Cashier wanted. Must be 18 years old with 20 years experience” (6/3)
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Entry in progress—BP (6/3)
More new entries...
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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