A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from June 22, 2017
“I wanted still water.”/“This is sparkling, yes, but it’s still water.”

“Still water” is a term that has had a few puns, such as this one, posted on Reddit—Dad Jokes on April 11, 2017:
 
“What do you get if you take the bubbles out of sparkling water? I don’t know, but it’s still water.”
 
A similar pun was posted on Reddit—Jokes on June 21, 2017:
 
“He asked for a bottle of still water. I handed him sparkling. He said ‘I asked for still water not sparkling.’ ‘Yeah - but it’s still water.’”
   
         
Twitter 
Linzy Rother‏
@linzyrother
A lady told me the smart water I had wasn’t water…I said “it’s sparkling, I know” but it’s still water lady
11:41 AM - 29 Aug 2016
 
Reddit—Dad Jokes
What do you get if you take the bubbles out of sparkling water? (self.dadjokes)
submitted April 11, 2017 by Hatticus24
I don’t know, but it’s still water.
 
Twitter
Rikard Åslund‏
@RikardAslund
What do you get if you take the bubbles out of sparkling water?
I don’t know, but it’s still water.
7:09 AM - 14 Apr 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
He asked for a bottle of still water.
submitted June 21, 2017 by lineman5
I handed him sparkling. He said ‘I asked for still water - this is sparkling.’ ‘Yeah - but it’s still water.’
 
Twitter
WhyzGuy‏
@_WhyzGuy_
He asked for a bottle of still water
I handed him sparkling. He said ‘I asked for still water not sparkling.’ ‘Yeah - but it’s still water.’
9:25 PM - 21 Jun 2017

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Thursday, June 22, 2017 • Permalink


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