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 November 15, 2020
“I brought a home pregnancy kit. Turns out my house is pregnant”

A “home pregnancy test” is a pregnancy test done at home. It is not a test to see if a home is pregnant, but there are jokes.
   
“I see home pregnancy tests advertised, but I’ve never bought one becasue I’ve never suspected that my home is pregnant” was posted on the newsgroup alt.folklore.urban on January 24, 1992. “I bought a home pregnancy test. Turns out my home is pregnant” was credited to English comedian Jimmy Carr in the Evening Standard (London, UK) on December 3, 2007.
   
“I bought a home pregnancy kit, turns out my house is pregnant. We’re thrilled! We’re having a shed.—Jimmy Carr (LOLOLOL)” was posted on Twitter by angs on July 19, 2010. “Bought a home pregnancy kit, turns out my house is pregnant, we’re thrilled we’re having a shed..” was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot (and originally posted on the popular joke website Sickipedia) on November 2, 2012.
   
   
Wikipedia: Jimmy Carr
James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is an English-Irish comedian, writer and television presenter. He is known for his dark humour, distinctive laugh, and heckler interaction. Carr moved to a career in comedy in 2000.
       
Google Groups: alt.folklore.urban
Churchill Story
Tom Streeter
Jan 24, 1992, 11:46:22 AM
(...)
I see home pregnancy tests advertised, but I’ve never bought one becasue
I’ve never suspected that my home is pregnant.
     
3 December 2007, Evening Standard (London, UK), “Comeback for quips” by Bruce Dessau, pg. 43:
[Jimmy Carr] is a master craftsman who just happens to have chosen pure filth as his preferred building block. Which is a shame because he can be just as witty without reverting to smut: “I bought a home pregnancy test. Turns out my home is pregnant.”
 
Twitter
Olly Newport
@OllyNewport
I bought a home pregnancy kit…turns out my house is pregnant.
8:05 PM · Nov 12, 2008·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
Frank Massaro
@Frank__Massaro
RT @Oscli I bought a home pregnany kit. It turns out my house is pregnant. - Jimmy Carr
11:07 PM · Nov 17, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
fjoofficial
@FrazerOldham
I recently bought a home pregnancy kit. It turns out my house is pregnant.
1:28 PM · Feb 27, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
angs
@SAKURAlSHO
I bought a home pregnancy kit, turns out my house is pregnant. We’re thrilled! We’re having a shed.—Jimmy Carr (LOLOLOL)
5:14 PM · Jul 19, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Obakeng Moroe
@ObakengMoroe
I bought a home pregnancy test. Found out my house is pregnant. We’re having a lapa!
9:21 AM · Jun 22, 2011·Snaptu
   
Twitter
Chris
@Lowry_16
I bought a home pregnancy test. It turns out, my house is pregnant! We’re thrilled, we’re having a shed!
8:32 AM · Jul 9, 2011·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
H Cruz
@hectorcruzer
I bought a Home Pregnancy Kit.  It turns out my house is pregnant.  We r having a shed.
- Jimmy Carr
4:00 AM · Oct 13, 2012·Samsung Mobile
 
Twitter
sickipediabot
@sickipediabot
Bought a home pregnancy kit, turns out my house is pregnant, we’re thrilled we’re having a shed..
2:44 PM · Nov 2, 2012·sickipediabot
 
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I brought a home pregnancy kit…...
Turns out my house is pregnant.
6:31 PM · Nov 15, 2020·Twitter Web App

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