“Locust” sometimes sounds like “low cost.” “Would you try protein bars made with crickets?”/“Are they to be a locust alternative?” was posted on Twitter on August 20, 2013. “Crickets are an affordable food source. Some may say they’re a Locust alternative. #punsarefun” was posted on Twitter on November 12, 2013.
“Insect protein is a locust alternative to meat” was posted on Twitter by The Pun Gents on May 24, 2018.
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National Geographic
@NatGeo
20 Aug 2013
Would you try protein bars made with crickets? http://on.natgeo.com/1d2rQ6J
Keith Bolling
@BollingKeith
Replying to @NatGeo
@natgeo Are they to be a locust alternative?
4:03 PM - 20 Aug 2013
Twitter
Pete
@SeaNoEvil00
@mjrowland68 Crickets are an affordable food source. Some may say they’re a Locust alternative. #punsarefun
4:02 PM - 12 Nov 2013
Twitter
Chrisps
@hill79
Bought a pet grasshopper today, wanted a puppy but money is tight so I had to go for a locust alternative.
4:09 PM - 23 Apr 2014
Twitter
Peter Hoskins
@PeterHoskinsTV
Not had your lunch yet? How about this locust alternative… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-25/a-mouth-full-of-crickets-lobbyists-speak-up-for-edible-insects … via @business
9:09 AM - 25 Jul 2016
Twitter
The Pun Gents
@pungents
Insect protein is a locust alternative to meat.
2:01 AM - 24 May 2018
Twitter
Global_00 Comedy
@comedy_00
Insect protein is a locust alternative to meat. https://ift.tt/2s4Pmgm
2:03 AM - 24 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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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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