"I’m really getting into the Thanksgiving spirit. I’ve given the bird to lots of people in the last week or so” is a saying that has been printed on several images. “The bird” refers to the middle finger, not a Thanksgiving turkey.
“I’m already getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, I’ve given the bird to lots of people today” was posted on Twitter by C鈥檈st La Vie on November 20, 2014.
“I鈥檓 really getting into the Thanksgiving spirit! I鈥檝e given the bird to lots of people in the last week or so” was posted on Twitter by 饾敾饾晵饾暉饾暉饾暁 on November 15, 2020. “I’M REALLY GETTING INTO THE THXGIVING SPIRIT, I’VE ALREADY GIVEN THE BIRD TO LOTS OF PEOPLE” was posted on Twitter by El Arroyo (as shown on the restaurant’s sign) on November 23, 2021.
Twitter
C鈥檈st La Vie
@Robert_Beau
I’m already getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, I’ve given the bird to lots of people today.
9:48 AM 路 Nov 20, 2014路Twitter for iPad
Twitter
Michael F. Carrico
@MFCarrico
I’m already getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, I’ve given the bird to lots of people today.
6:21 AM 路 Nov 23, 2014路Plume for Android
Twitter
Seymour Snott
@SeymourSnott
I’m already getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, I’ve given the bird to lots of people today #Thanksgiving #SeymourSupper
2:13 PM 路 Nov 24, 2014路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Lunchbox
@BigLepley
I’m already getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, I’ve given the bird to lots of people today.
2:42 PM 路 Nov 24, 2014路Twitter for Android Tablets
Twitter
Trent Tidwell
@thecon24
I’m already getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, I’ve given the bird to lots of people today.
1:12 PM 路 Nov 25, 2019路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
饾敾饾晵饾暉饾暉饾暁
@danni_b96
I鈥檓 really getting into the Thanksgiving spirit! I鈥檝e given the bird to lots of people in the last week or so.
6:47 PM 路 Nov 15, 2020路Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Sofia Paredes
@SofiaParedes79
I’m really getting into the Thanksgiving spirit
I’ve given the bird to lots of people in the last week or so.
8:23 AM 路 Nov 16, 2020路Twitter for Android
Twitter
KPMoore
@KPMoore8
I’m really getting into the Thanksgiving spirit.
I’ve given the bird to lots of people the past week or so.
9:27 PM 路 Nov 21, 2021路Twitter for Android
Twitter
Vick Ahuja
@Ahujababydaddy
I’m really getting into the Thanksgiving spirit.
I’ve given the bird to lots of people in the last week or so.
10:46 AM 路 Nov 22, 2021路Twitter Web App
Twitter
El Arroyo
@ElArroyo_ATX
Am I doing Thanksgiving right https://instagr.am/p/CWn_7j9l67N/
(The following text is shown on the restaurant’s sign.—ed.)
I’M REALLY GETTING INTO
THE THXGIVING SPIRIT,
I’VE ALREADY GIVEN THE
BIRD TO LOTS OF PEOPLE
11:32 AM 路 Nov 23, 2021路IFTTT
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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