"I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink. Turns out it was the refrigerator”—that is, the person ate too much and can’t fit into the same clothes—is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
“I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink, turns out it was the refrigerator” was posted on Twitter by Tommy Cole on August 14, 2017. The joke possibly originated on an image.
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Tommy Cole
@tjohncole
I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink, turns out it was the refrigerator
6:17 PM 路 Aug 14, 2017路Twitter for iPhone
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Monique
@Tmonique976
I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink
...turns out it was the refrigerator 馃構
11:25 AM 路 Aug 15, 2017路Twitter for Android
Twitter
Gordon Ware
@GordonWare
I thought my dryer made my clothes shrink. It turns out it’s my refrigerator.
12:17 AM 路 Aug 16, 2017路Facebook
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Tracy Street
@tdstreet
I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink. Turns out it was the refrigerator. 馃槀馃ぃ馃槀
10:34 PM 路 Aug 23, 2017路Twitter for iPhone
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Nessa + Macie Doodle
@DoodleNessa
I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink…
Turns out it was the treat cupboard.
#SaturdayThoughts
12:03 PM 路 Dec 29, 2018路Twitter Web Client
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Dream Salon
January 9, 2019 路
I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink. Turns out it was the refrigerator.
Twitter
Jordan Jansen
@JordanJansen
I Thought The Dryer Made My Clothes Shrink
Turns Out It Was The Refrigerator
3:47 AM 路 Apr 14, 2019路Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Koko da Don
@callaruiz28
Thought the dryer made my clothes shrink...Turns out it was the refrigerator.
9:51 PM 路 Feb 2, 2020 from Whiting, IN路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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