“Draw the line” is an expression to describe the limit of what a person will tolerate. It usually doesn’t involve actually drawing a line, but there are jokes.
“Show your kid how to play connect the dots?! That’s where I draw the line” was posted on Twitter by Little Greenis on November 28, 2015. “I hate connect-the-dot puzzles. That’s where I draw the line” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 11, 2021. “I hate connect-the-dot puzzles. That’s where I draw the line” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on December 7, 2021.
“Look, I’m all for coloring books… but connect-the-dots? That’s where I draw the line” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on September 15, 2022.
Wikipedia: Connect the dots
Connect the dots (also known as connect-the-dots, dot to dot, or join the dots) is a form of puzzle containing a sequence of numbered dots. When a line is drawn connecting the dots the outline of an object is revealed. The puzzles frequently contain simple line art to enhance the image created or to assist in rendering a complex section of the image.
Wiktionary: draw the line
Verb
draw the line (third-person singular simple present draws the line, present participle drawing the line, simple past drew the line, past participle drawn the line)
1. (idiomatic) To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate
Twitter
Little Greenis
@DurtMcHurtt
Show your kid how to play connect the dots?! That’s where I draw the line.
12:36 PM · Nov 28, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
EmperorTigerstar
@EmpTigerstar
Look, I enjoy connect the dots, but in-between dots 3 and 4? That’s where I draw the line.
9:50 PM · Aug 23, 2020·Twitter Web App
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Semi_K May 11, 2021
I hate connect-the-dot puzzles.
That’s where I draw the line.
Twitter
Captain Random 💙💛
@CaptainRandom10
I enjoy doing crosswords and sudokus but those connect the dots puzzles..?
That’s where I draw the line.
4:58 AM · Oct 27, 2021·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Legenda_069 December 7, 2021
I hate connect-the-dot puzzles.
That’s where I draw the line.
Twitter
Hans
@hanslatwork
On a connect the dots picture, between point 1 and 2. That’s where I draw the line!
8:03 PM · Mar 18, 2022·Twitter Web App
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/PonchiBear September 15, 2022
Look, I’m all for coloring books…
but connect-the-dots? That’s where I draw the line.
LaffGaff
Connect-the-dots
September 21, 2022 by laffgaff
Look, I’m all for coloring books …
But connect-the-dots? That’s where I draw the line.
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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