Many people stay inside their homes—and start drinking—when the weather is bad. This was posted on Twitter by fibs on March 17, 2021, and went viral (over 160,000 likes):
“I have a disease called it’s nice out so I’m drinking.”
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fibs
@fibulaa1
I have a disease called it’s nice out so I’m drinking
7:27 PM · Mar 17, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Jessica Callahan
@jlc16140
I have a disease called it’s nice out so I’m winery hopping
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fibs
@fibulaa1
· Mar 17
I have a disease called it’s nice out so I’m drinking
11:23 PM · Mar 18, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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daman
@bxuald
“I have a disease called it’s nice out so I’m drinking” - whoever it was, genius.
11:42 AM · Mar 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Leanna Ritter
@leannaritter_
I have a disease called “it’s nice out, let’s drink”
3:02 PM · Mar 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Trey Fisher
@tfisherIII
I have a disease called “it’s nice out so I’m going to get hammered”
7:30 PM · Mar 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Apollo
@zackisnuclear
Just saw a post that said “I have a disease called it’s nice out so I’m drinking” and I relate a little too much lmao
1:16 PM · Mar 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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sarcaser69
@sarcaser69
I have a disease called “it’s nice out so I am drinking or I am sad so I am drinking”
3:34 AM · Mar 28, 2021·Twitter for Android
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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