“I hate coffee—it keeps me awake at work” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts, caps and mugs. The saying—a twist on “I hate coffee—it keeps me awake at night”—has been cited in print since at least 1999 and is of unknown authorship.
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Rosemary Gallagher
1/16/99
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I Hate Coffee—It Keeps Me Awake at Work.
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Tons of Bumper Stickers!
Tee
5/13/01
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I Hate Coffee—It Keeps Me Awake at Work.
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Random Bumper Stickers
Spirit Chaser
10/17/01
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I Hate Coffee—It Keeps Me Awake at Work.
Los Cuatro Ojos
Top 12 Bumper Stickers
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by TheFourEyes
12. I Hate Coffee–It Keeps Me Awake at Work.
Better Than Ordinary!
AUGUST 12, 2010
Just When You Think You’ve Won the Rat Race . . .
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Since then I have taken note of other “memorable” bumper stickers.
. I’ve run out of sick days so I’m calling in dead.
. I’m out of bed, what more do you want?
. I hate coffee—it keeps me awake at work!
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“I Hate Coffee” Funny Mug
Posted on February 26, 2011
This funny mug says “I hate coffee, it keeps me awake at work”.
It is not recommended that you actually use this mug at work (assuming you want to keep your job).
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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