"I told myself I should stop drinking… But I’m not about to listen to some drunk who talks to himself” is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The saying was posted on Twitter on September 15, 2016.
Twitter
Patrick 🌐
@angelusox2
I told myself i should stop drinking…
But i’m not about to listen to some drunk who talks to himself.
12:49 PM - 15 Sep 2016
Twitter
David Myles
@DavidMyles
I told myself I should stop drinking and smoking weed… but why should I listen to some drunk stoner who talks to himself
10:51 PM - 16 Sep 2016
Twitter
You Don’t Know Me
@formerniceguy
I told myself I should quit drinking but I’m not about to listen to some drunk who talks to himself
8:41 AM - 18 Sep 2016
Facebook
Lame Jokes
October 3, 2016 ·
I told myself I should stop drinking… : but I’m not about to listen to some drunk that talks to himself.
Reddit—Jokes
I told myself I should stop drinking…
submitted February 16, 2017 by fabedougou
But I’m not about to listen to some drunk who talks to himself.
Twitter
Joke Authority
@JokeAuthority
I told myself I should stop drinking… But I’m not about to listen to some drunk who talks to himself.
9:10 PM - 19 Feb 2017
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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