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 July 15, 2015
“God made heaven and earth, and the rest was made in China”

“God made heaven and earth, and the rest was made in China” is a jocular saying that has been printed on posters. “God made the world…the rest was made in China” was cited in December 2007. “God made the heavens and the earth.  Everything else is made in China” was cited on Twitter on July 2, 2008.
 
“China makes and the world takes” is another saying about China’s industrial production.
 
   
Google Books
Anecdotes & Scripture Notes for All Occasions
By John G. Hillier
New London, CT: Twenty-Third Publications
2007
Pg. 82:
MADE IN CHINA Creation
The first grade CCD teacher explained to her class in great detail how God created everything out of love. “God made not only the moon and the sun and the stars,” she explained, “but also the trees and the flowers and the animals and all of us human beings. In fact, God made everything.” One of the children returned to class the following week and told the teacher, “God didn’t make everything. My mom said that half of what we have at home was made in China.”
 
Google Groups: ACCENT_ENERGY
creation
myxztplk
12/10/07
God made the world….....
the rest was made in china…..........
 
Twitter
Cocoy Dayao
‏@cocoy   OH: God created everything but some are made in China.
4:19 PM - 16 May 2008
   
Twitter
funj
‏@funj   God made the heavens and the earth.  Everything else is made in China
1:01 AM - 2 Jul 2008
 
Quick Meme
December 10, 2008
GOD MADE MAN
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS MADE IN CHINA
 
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.
2012
Pg. ?:
In the beginning, God made Heaven and Earth. The rest was made in China.
     
Santa Clara (CA) Weekly
August 13, 2014
Wounded Veteran Speaks at Rotary - Hopes to Help Other Veterans
By Robert Haugh
(...)
Stepping out his comfort zone, Pauley found his flower in Arizona thanks to the Wounded Warrior Project. Reliving a quip from his 7-year-old daughter reminds Pauley of the great things to live for. “God made a lot of great things, Daddy, but everything else is made in China.”
 
reddit
God made the world in 7 days… (self.Jokes)
submitted May 22, 2015 by jdesign808
and the rest Made In China
 
GMA News
‘Marffy forever’: Paris ends affair with love locks, but love endures anyway
Text and photos by RAFFY TIMA, GMA News June 7, 2015 1:09pm
(...)
I guess they were not kidding when they said, “God created the world, and the rest was made in China.”
 
The Diplomat
How ‘Made in China’ Became a Stigma
Is there any hope that “Made in China” can overcome its current negative connotations?

By David Volodzko
July 16, 2015
(...)
God made life, as the old joke goes, and the rest was made in China.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Wednesday, July 15, 2015 • Permalink


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