“If life hands you lemons, make lemonade” is a saying that dates to the early 1900s. “Life just handed me lemonade—not sure what to do” is a jocular saying that has been popular on Twitter. The saying has been cited in print since April 5, 2011.
Funny Jokes
life just handed me lemonade. I don’t know what to do.
by frozen creek >_<, Apr 5, 2011
Facebook
Life just handed me lemonade. Not sure what to do..
April 5, 2011 at 6:16pm
Life just handed me lemonade. Not sure what to do.
Twitter
Chantal
@chantaliylace
Life just handed me lemonade. - Not sure what to do. 
http://tumblr.com/x4j24yuky8
11:52 PM - 15 Apr 11
writingwrong7
Posted on February 10, 2012
200 Amazing Tweets
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181. Life just handed me lemonade. Not sure what to do.
- @calrkekant
Twitter
Julie Ullman
@julesu888
Life just handed me lemonade. Not sure what to do. http://evangeline.myhomenetwork.info/tabitha
4:27 AM - 4 Sep 13
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.
Recent entries:
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“They cheated in the last election. Better vote them out this time” (6/3)
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“Anything I don’t like should be banned. Everything I like should be a human right…” (6/3)
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“It’s that time of year where people will say, ‘It’s too hot for coffee‘“ (6/3)
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“Cashier wanted. Must be 18 years old with 20 years experience” (6/3)
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Entry in progress—BP (6/3)
More new entries...
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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