Many people have school nicknames. “Ever since school my nickname has been glue, and its stuck ever since” was posted on Twitter on June 20, 2012. “My nickname at school was glue. I don’t know why, it just seemed to stick” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on July 11, 2017.
Twitter
King Kunta
@titchdaviesl
Ever since school my nickname has been glue, and its stuck ever since
5:31 AM - 20 Jun 2012
Twitter
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@ohYEAHcallum
my nickname at school was glue, no idea why but it stuck.
3:20 PM - 30 Oct 2012
Twitter
Annakin Skywanker
@Snikoggs
My nickname Glue Feet came about when I stepped in a pool of glue, one time in college. It stuck.
3:39 PM - 16 Jul 2013
Twitter
Alex Moore
@AlexMooreHQ
@BBCR1 my nickname throughout school was ‘pasty’. Apparently it looked like I was eating glue paste in art once. Ironically, it stuck..
9:03 AM - 20 Jan 2014 from Tías, Spain
Reddit—Jokes
My nickname at school was glue
submitted July 11, 2017 by DatAsymptoteTho
I don’t know why, it just seemed to stick
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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