"I only celebrate Cinco de Mayo so I get can drunk enough to forget yesterday’s non-stop ‘May the Fourth’ jokes” is a jocular saying that has been printed on an ecard. “May the 4th be with you...followed immediately by Cinco de Mayo. So we can all forget our nerdiness” was posted on Twitter on May 4, 2013. “I think we drink on Cinco de Mayo to help is forget every reference of May the Fourth Be With You” was posted on Twitter on May 4, 2013.
“I only celebrate Cinco de Mayo so I get can drunk enough to forget yesterday’s non-stop ‘May the Fourth,’ jokes” was posted on Twitter on May 5, 2014.
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Deborah
@AStreetCorner
May the 4th be with you...followed immediately by Cinco de Mayo. So we can all forget our nerdiness 
8:34 AM - 4 May 2013
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Brent McKinney
@BrentMcKinney
Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow so maybe I can drink enough to forget the relentless high holy Star Wars geek “may the fourth be with you” day…
9:44 AM - 4 May 2013
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John Willey
@DaddysinCharge
I think we drink on Cinco de Mayo to help is forget every reference of May the Fourth Be With You.
10:01 PM - 4 May 2013
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Janine Brito
@janinebrito
Cinco de Mayo’s for drinking to forget all those May the Fourth “jokes”.
11:01 AM - 4 May 2014
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Burgh Fan
@BurghFanNJ
I’m only drinking on Cinco de Mayo to forget about all the stupid “May the 4th be with you” jokes.
6:28 AM - 5 May 2014
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Ya Boy Matt Campbell
@NotMattCampbell
Cinco de Mayo is a great reason to get drunk enough to forget all the horrible “May the fourth be with you” jokes you heard yesterday.
10:28 AM - 5 May 2014
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Rad
@Rad323
I only celebrate Cinco de Mayo so I get can drunk enough to forget yesterday’s non-stop “May the Fourth,” jokes.
10:45 AM - 5 May 2014
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D ❣
@danielleagxo
I only celebrate Cinco de Mayo so I can get drunk enough to forget yesterday’s non-stop “May the Fourth” jokes
9:28 PM - 5 May 2014
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bcwilke
@terilingua
Tomorrow is cinco de mayo which can mean only one thing no more Star Wars jokes
11:12 PM - 4 May 2017
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Patrick Delaney
@patrickfdelaney
“Ugh. Well, let’s do this,” said the Internet as it prepared itself to transition from Star Wars puns to Cinco de Mayo jokes.
12:05 AM - 5 May 2017
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Snarkington Post
@SnarkingtonPost
Today is #CincoDeMayo, which is Spanish for “Oh thank god people will finally stop making Star Wars Day jokes.”
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
12:51 AM - 5 May 2018
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Alain Limon (Alan Garcia Fox)
@alain_limon1
Happy #CincoDeMayo, i only Celebrate Cinco de Mayo so I can get drunk enough to forget yesterday’s non-stop “May the Fourth” and “Mexican #RobinWilliams who is #Chespirito” jokes.
11:20 AM - 5 May 2018
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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.
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