A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from January 22, 2021
“My wife just gave me a restraining order. Who knew there was a correct way to use a colander?”

A colander is a kitchen utensil used to strain foods. “My wife told me I was using the colander incorrectly,  so she gave me a restraining order…” was posted on Twitter by Aussie_dad_jokes on July 13, 2019. “My wife just gave me a restraining order. Who knew there was an incorrect way to use a colander….” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on June 8, 2020.
   
“When making macaroni and cheese I didn’t use the colander long enough, and wife gave me a restraining order” is a similar colander “restraining order” joke.
       
         
Wikipedia: Colander 
A colander (or cullender) is a kitchen utensil used to strain foods such as pasta or to rinse vegetables.[1] The perforated nature of the colander allows liquid to drain through while retaining the solids inside. It is sometimes also called a pasta strainer or kitchen sieve.
     
Twitter
Aussie_dad_jokes
@AustralianGroan
Replying to @Girlyghosthunt
My wife told me I was using the colander incorrectly,  so she gave me a restraining order…
6:35 PM · Jul 13, 2019·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
steve hatajlo
@hatajlo
I was using the colander improperly so my wife gave me a restraining order.
8:53 AM · Nov 22, 2019·Facebook
   
Twitter
Richard Lawry
@windshieldman
Dad Joke of the day
I wasn’t using the colander correctly, so my wife took out a restraining order.
Groans optional
9:34 AM · Nov 27, 2019·Facebook
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/AustralianGroan June 8, 2020
My wife just gave me a restraining order..
Who knew there was an incorrect way to use a colander….
   
Twitter
Aussie_dad_jokes
@AustralianGroan
My wife just gave me a restraining order..
Who knew there was an incorrect way to use a colander?
5:52 PM · Jun 8, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
My wife just gave me a restraining order.
Who knew there was a correct way to use a colander?
2:01 AM · Jan 22, 2021·Twitter for Android

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