"Insert coffee to begin” is a jocular coffee saying that has been printed on many images. The joke is that a human needs coffee to begin (a day) like a vending machine needs coins to begin.
“Please insert coffee to begin” was posted on Twitter by Russell Bulmer on August 5, 2009. However, the saying didn’t become popular until 2013. “Insert #coffee to begin ... #coffeetime http://pinterest.com/pin/256353403761255993/” was posted on Twitter by Shahzad Hanif on January 29, 2013.
Twitter
Russell Bulmer
@russbul
Please insert coffee to begin.
3:01 AM · Aug 5, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Cohen MacInnis
@cohenmacinnis
Showing in E. Passage, staff meeting, agent viewings, write an offer, terminate another - Caution full day ahead, insert coffee to begin!
6:59 AM · Oct 11, 2011·Hootsuite
Twitter
Flower Faerie Flora
@starwynd
Please insert coffee to begin.
9:09 AM · Sep 10, 2012·Echofon
Twitter
Shahzad Hanif
@cshanif
Insert #coffee to begin ... #coffeetime http://pinterest.com/pin/256353403761255993/
9:59 PM · Jan 29, 2013·Pinterest on iOS
Twitter
Chase Mann
@MyCoffeePro
“Insert Coffee To Begin” by pocketsoup http://pinterest.com/pin/87116574014137748/
8:42 PM · Jan 30, 2013·Pinterest
Facebook
Karbu Cafe’
September 1, 2016 ·
INSERT COFFEE TO BEGIN
Facebook
Oh My Coffee Shop, coffee and other nice things
June 22, 2016 ·
Insert coffee to begin…
Facebook
Dolcetti Espresso Bar
November 16, 2017 ·
Insert coffee to begin! #goodmorning #friday #coffee
Google Books
Title Insert Coffee to Begin: Cute Blank Lined Journal to Write In
Coffee Lover Gifts Series
Author Jenily Publishing
Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018
ISBN 1725140128, 9781725140127
Length 100 pages
Facebook
DUKE’S
September 13, 2018 ·
Insert coffee to begin..🌞Good morning
#coffee #morning #good #vibes
Twitter
Con Club Restaurant
@ConClubAlty
Hello #Monday - insert #coffee to begin.......
5:15 AM · Sep 2, 2019·Hootsuite Inc.
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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