“Swipe the cardigan” sounds like “swipe the (credit) card again.” “I tried buying a buttoned sweater, but my payment was declined so I had to swipe the cardigan” was posted on Twitter by Evan Edinger on December 7, 2015. “If you are buying a sweater and the machine doesn’t read your visa you may need to swipe the cardigan” was posted on Twitter by [Qal Your Mother] on September 24, 2017.
“I can’t believe I’ve been arrested for shoplifting. The cashier TOLD me to swipe the cardigan!” was posted on Reddit—Joke Workshop on August 30, 2018.
Twitter
Baguëtblaoito
@WasThatBlao_
There’s dirt on my shoulder..gotta swipe the cardigan..I left the cash in my stash I guess ill swipe the card again
11:29 AM - 26 Feb 2013
Twitter
Evan Edinger
@EvanEdinger
I tried buying a buttoned sweater, but my payment was declined so I had to swipe the cardigan
2:23 PM - 7 Dec 2015
Twitter
[Qal Your Mother]
@Qalpal
If you are buying a sweater and the machine doesn’t read your visa you may need to swipe the cardigan
10:30 PM - 24 Sep 2017
Reddit—Joke Workshop
I can’t believe I’ve been arrested for shoplifting.
submitted August 30, 2018 by markvark
The cashier TOLD me to swipe the cardigan!
Reddit—Dad Jokes
I can’t believe I’m being arrested for shoplifting. (self.dadjokes)
submitted August 31, 2018 by markvark
The cashier TOLD me to swipe the cardigan!
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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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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