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

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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Entry from May 25, 2022
Fridge Jenga

Jenga is a game where players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower of 54 blocks. If the tower collapses, that player “loses” and the other players “win.”
         
“Refrigerator Jenga” (or “Fridge Jenga”) is trying to take something out of (or put something in) a stuffed refrigerator without other items coming crashing down. “Monumental Costco run is complete… Now, onto refrigerator Jenga” was posted on Twitter by Lisa Oshima on December 29, 2008. “My aunty is playing refrigerator Jenga to get all the groceries to fit” was posted on Twitter by Sara Ishizaki on June 19, 2019. “No more ‘Fridge Jenga’, 15 people sharing one mini fridge” was posted on Twitter by Jordan Davis 『夜弾』on July 21, 2019.
   
“My favorite game is trying to take something out of the refrigerator without moving the other items in front of it. I call it Refrigerator Jenga, and when you lose you clean up marinara for 40 minutes” was posted on Twitter by jon drake on January 27, 2020.
 
Dish Drain Jenga is a related term.
   
       
Wikipedia: Jenga
Jenga is a game of physical skill created by British board game designer and author Leslie Scott, and currently marketed by Hasbro. Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively more unstable structure.
       
Twitter
Lisa Oshima
@lisawhelan
Monumental Costco run is complete… Now, onto refrigerator Jenga.
8:39 PM · Dec 29, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Sara Ishizaki
@saraishizaki
My aunty is playing refrigerator Jenga to get all the groceries to fit
3:00 AM · Jun 19, 2009·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
Jordan Davis 『夜弾』
@yorudan
RT @SpinGo_Utah Morale high as we welcome new member of office:Danby refrigerator.No more “Fridge Jenga”, 15 people sharing one mini fridge.
12:10 PM · Jul 21, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Jeff Anderson
@theCRICKETtoy
Playing Refrigerator Jenga getting butter out. My Mom ‘shopped’ for us as present for new baby.
10:31 AM · Oct 21, 2009·Twitter SMS
     
Twitter
Jennifer Page
@Jennifer_Page_
annual fridge jenga game. jen 1, fridge 0
8:37 AM · Dec 23, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Cmdr Oscar Romeo
@IvorOrr
has been playing ‘Fridge Jenga’... unsuccessfully
1:04 PM · Dec 24, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Stephanie Fogner
@LovesStars
Refrigerator Jenga is much more treacherous when the light-bulb has burned out. :/
7:18 PM · Feb 7, 2010·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
William Hamilton
@Beltliner403
Gotta love that fridge jenga you get to play while you’re grabbing a beverage!  #too #much #stuff #inside
3:15 PM · Feb 28, 2010·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Holly Hoffman
@hollyhoffman
Replying to @kevinpalmer
@kevinpalmer That’s what we call unloading our groceries… refrigerator Jenga.
3:05 PM · Mar 25, 2010·TweetDeck
     
Twitter   
Art Gillespie
@artgillespie
Wife: You lose at refrigerator jenga.
Me: I’ll just get the mop.
11:55 PM · Mar 27, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Taylor McMillin
@tmcmillin5
We play fridge jenga at my house. When you lose both your dreams and a pickle jar are shattered.
9:20 PM · Jun 30, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Funny
Posted by u/bad-pickle March 27, 2019
My family’s ongoing game of Refrigerator Jenga!
 
Twitter
jon drake
@DrakeGatsby
My favorite game is trying to take something out of the refrigerator without moving the other items in front of it. I call it Refrigerator Jenga, and when you lose you clean up marinara for 40 minutes.
9:11 AM · Jan 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Reddit—Memes
Posted by u/DwightKHalpert March 30, 2020
Refrigerator Jenga
     
Twitter
Chris Rift
@Face_Rift
My favourite game is trying to get something out of the fridge without moving the other items in front of it. I call it Fridge Jenga and when you lose you clean up mayonnaise for 30 minutes
3:38 PM · Aug 10, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—FridgeDetective
Posted by u/caughtmeintherye January 3, 2021
Fridge Jenga
 
Facebook
im not right in the head.com
May 24, 2022 at 9:25 PM ·
My favorite game is trying to take something out of the refrigerator without moving the other items in front of it. I call it Refrigerator Jenga, and when you lose you clean up marinara for 40 minutes.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Wednesday, May 25, 2022 • Permalink


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