“Dinner is ready when the smoke alarm goes off” is a jocular saying from the 1980s about smoke detectors and bad cooks. “In our house it really should be called a cooking detector” is a similar joke that was posted on Twitter by David on August 13, 2010.
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David
@davidisnotright
In our house it really should be called a cooking detector.
7:59 PM - 13 Aug 2010
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FunnyTeenThings™
@FunnyTeenThings
In my house it really should be called a cooking detector #funnyteenthings
7:31 PM - 20 Oct 2010
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Ariya
@AriyaLady
In our house it really should be called a cooking detector.
2:18 AM - 17 Nov 2010
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SparklesofYum
@BFlyy
In our house it really should be called a cooking detector.
7:54 PM - 19 Nov 2010
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@th3evilm0nkey
In our house it really should be called a cooking detector. #lol
5:18 PM - 29 May 2018
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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