“I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time” is a joke about addiction that has been posted on many images. “The man addicted to brake fluid said he could stop any time” was posted on the website Pun of the Day in February 2001.
Pun of the Day
Great One Liners of the Month - February 2001
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5. The man addicted to brake fluid said he could stop any time.
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
“Puns of the Weak” 2/16/01
Stan Kegel
2/16/01
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The man addicted to brake fluid said he could stop any time. (Pun of the Day)
Google Groups: rec.music.makers.bowed-strings
Bouncing Bow
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3/6/01
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The man addicted to brake fluid said he could stop any time.
8 November 2005, The Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON), “Your Morning Smile,” pg. A2:
The man addicted to brake fluid said he could stop any time.
Mark Foerster, Newmarket, Ont.
Twitter
Scott Elsdon
@scottelsdon
I’m addicted to brake fluid,
but do feel that I could stop at any time.
7:09 PM - 26 Dec 2008
Google Books
A Prairie Home Companion
Pretty Good Joke Book (Fifth Edition)
Introduced by Garrison Keillor
Minneapolis, MN: HighBridge
2009
Pg. ?:
Did you hear about the mechanic who was addicted to brake fluid? He said it was no problem— he could stop any time.
Twitter
JB
@Jaybezo
John Blair: “They say I’m addicted to brake fluid, but I know I could stop anytime.” Yup, that’s my boy.
12:52 PM - 30 Jan 2009
Google Books
Jokes for Blokes:
The Ultimate Book of Jokes Not Suitable for Mixed Company
By Llewellyn Dowd and Phil McCracken
London, UK: Ebury Press
2011
Pg. 106:
My mate was addicted to brake fluid. But he said he could stop any time.
Google Books
Once Apun A Time:
A Rich, Historical and Sometimes Earthy Collection of Puns
By Robin Leech
Victoria, BC: FriesenPress
2015
Pg. 70:
I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop anytime.
Reddit—Jokes
I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid
submitted October 23, 2017 by OG_Breadman
He says he can stop any time.
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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.
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