“I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk shakes” is a jocular one-line saying that was cited on Twitter on September 3, 2014. The joke started to become popular on Twitter on October 21, 2014.
Twitter
Squatchy
@Purpell_Nurpell
I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk shakes
5:19 PM - 3 Sep 2014
Twitter
DJ Eric B
@djericbmix
I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk shakes.
3:37 PM - 21 Oct 2014
Facebook
Jamesellisfit
October 21, 2014 ·
I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk shakes
Twitter
John Meharg
@JohnMehargComic
I’m trying to kick my dairy habit and now I’ve got the milk shakes. #funny #dumbjokes #humor
3:17 PM - 22 Oct 2014
Funny Status
I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk…
October 22, 2014
I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk shakes.
The Troy Murphy Show
Of the Days | Tuesday 28 October 2014
Troy Murphy October 28, 2014
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I’m trying to kick dairy and now I’ve got the milk shakes.
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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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