“Lord, grant me the strength to open this jar without the aid of my husband, who I’m currently mad at” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying (presumably by a wife in a kitchen, opening something like a pickle jar) was posted on Twitter by ~*Wellness Witchery*~ on December 1, 2018.
Twitter
~*Wellness Witchery*~
@TheMandiEm
Lord, grant me the strength to open this jar without the aid of my husband, who I’m currently mad at
3:31 PM · Dec 1, 2018·Twitter Web App
Facebook
Perfectly Priscilla Boutique
February 1, 2019 at 6:00 PM ·
LOL! When you’re feeling a tad bit petty!
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Lord, grant me the strength
to open this jar without the
aid of my husband, who I’m
currently mad at
#HEALTHYLIVINGFORHOTMESSES
Twitter
DrinkerBell
@SlurpeeGirl_
Lord, grant me the strength to open this jar without the
help of my husband, who I’m currently mad at.
5:01 PM · Mar 3, 2019·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Trey & Lea’s Stronger Marriages (TreyAndLea.com)
@StrongMarriage5
Dear Lord, please grant me the strength to open this jar without the aid of my husband, who I am currently mad at.
#MarriageHumor
11:28 PM · Dec 1, 2020·TweetDeck
Facebook
Val Crowder
April 28, 2021 at 7:11 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
LORD, PLEASE GRANT ME THE
STRENGTH TO OPEN THIS JAR
WITHOUT THE AID OF MY HUSBAND
WHO I’M CURRENTLY MAD AT
Facebook
MY CRAZY WORLD
September 4, 2022 at 2:03 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
LORD, PLEASE GRANT ME THE
STRENGTH TO OPEN THIS JAR
WITHOUT THE AID OF MY HUSBAND
WHO I’M CURRENTLY MAD AT
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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