"I got myself a seniors’ GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there” is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The “seniors’ GPS” joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes in June 2019.
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/theservman (June 24, 2019?—ed.)
I got myself a seniors GPS
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Twitter
Gary
@TampaBayGary
I got myself a seniors GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
8:10 AM · Jun 24, 2019·TweetDeck
Twitter
D’Arcy Duquette
@dvcjduquette
I got myself a seniors’ GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
9:26 AM · Jul 10, 2020·Twitter for iPad
Twitter
Ralph Nelson Willett
@NorthernOvation
Good news! I got myself a seniors’ GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it reminds me why I wanted to go there.
2:53 PM · Jul 11, 2020·Twitter Web App
Facebook
Jay A. Davis
July 15, 2020 at 8:21 AM ·
I got myself a seniors’ GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Twitter
AmericanBly
@Blykat
Joe Biden bought himself a ‘Seniors GPS’. Not only does it tell him his destination it tells him why he wanted to go there.
8:45 PM · Jul 16, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Jon Preston Guthrie
@LyricalLizard
I BOUGHT MYSELF A SENIORS GPS TODAY…
NOT ONLY DOES IT TELL ME MY DESTINATION,
BUT WHY I WANTED TO
GO THERE!!!
11:41 PM · Jul 16, 2020·Twitter Web App
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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