You shouldn’t text while driving. Texting before driving is a different story. A joke is:
“I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts tonight, tops, so I should be okay to drive.”
The joke was posted by “some people call me” on Twitter on July 8, 2011.
Twitter
some people call me
@MauriceBlitz
I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts tonight, tops, so I should be okay to drive.
9:25 PM - 8 Jul 2011
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THOMAS FISS
@thomasfiss
I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts tonight, tops, so I should be okay to drive. --Shall we discuss this?
4:50 AM - 12 Jul 2011
TJSHome.com
I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts today, tops, so I should be okay to drive.
←Rate | 09-01-2011 12:52 by Marshall the Great
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I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts tonight, tops, so I should be okay to drive.
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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts tonight, tops, so I should be okay to drive.
3:30 PM - 7 Jan 2017
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@davidsthompson
I know you shouldn’t text and drive but I’ve only had 2-3 texts today, tops, so I should be okay to drive.
5:12 PM - 12 Jan 2017
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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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