"I crossed the road, walked into a bar, and changed a light bulb. Then I realized that my life was a joke” is a joke that combine three popular memes. “Has changed a lightbulb, crossed the road and walked into a bar today. He is beginning to think his life is a big joke” was posted on Twitter on November 27, 2008. The order of the three memes has varied.
“I changed a light bulb, walked into a bar and crossed the road. It was only then I realized...my life was a joke” has been printed on T-shirts.
Twitter
daimexmachina
@daimexmachina
has changed a lightbulb, crossed the road and walked into a bar today. He is beginning to think his life is a big joke 
6:37 AM - 27 Nov 2008
8 January 2009, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), “The Diary” by Ken Smith, pg. 13:
“I WAS just working out that at the weekend I changed a lightbulb, crossed the road, and walked into a bar, “ said the chap having a few beers the other night.
“It was then I realised that my life was turning into one big joke.”
Twitter
Rod Flo
@RodolfoRamosJr
Yesterday evening, I had to change a lightbulb. later on, I crossed the road and walked into a bar.
I realised my life was a big joke.
5:16 AM - 29 Apr 2009
Twitter
Darragh Doyle
@darraghdoyle
Replying to @ladydotty
@ladydotty Yesterday, I had to change a lightbulb. A bit later on, I crossed the road and walked into a bar. I realised my life was a joke.
9:29 AM - 8 May 2009
Twitter
Jason Gilbert
@JasonGilbert
Today I changed a light bulb, crossed the road and walked into a bar. My life is just one big joke.
10:49 PM - 21 Jun 2010
Reddit—Jokes
I crossed the road, walked into a bar, and changed a lightbulb
submitted May 7, 2016 by Undercovergeek24
Then I realized that my life was a joke…
Twitter
Joke Authority
@JokeAuthority
I crossed the road, walked into a bar, and changed a light bulb. Then I realized that my life was a joke…
7:13 PM - 14 May 2016
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
Yesterday evening I had to change a lightbulb, a bit later on I crossed the road. Then I walked into a bar..
My life is a joke.
12:56 PM - 13 Jun 2017
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.
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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