“RIP boiled/boiling water. You will be mist” is a jocular saying tha has been printed on many images. “Good bye, boiling water. You’ll be mist” was cited on Twitter on May 17, 2012.
The saying went viral in March 2015. “RIP boiled water .. You will be mist” was cited on Twitter on March 2, 2015.
Twitter
William
@WilliamNV
Good bye, boiling water. You’ll be mist.
11:13 PM - 17 May 2012
Twitter
Obi Wan Jacobi
@Brewbirds
A fond farewell to this boiling water. You will be mist.
7:28 PM - 10 Sep 2013
Twitter
graci
@hom_bomb
rip boiled water
you will be mist.
7:12 PM - 1 Mar 2015
Twitter
casual goat
@MidgardianMetal
RIP boiling water u will be mist
5:40 PM - 2 Mar 2015
Twitter
Pennington’s corner
@theatergeek607
RIP boiled water .. You will be mist
9:41 PM - 2 Mar 2015
Twitter
Josh Eichenbaum
@The_eichenBOMB
RIP boiling water. You will be mist
5:22 PM - 4 Mar 2015
Twitter
Charley Chang
@WeBeliveinChang
RIP boiling water.
You will be mist.
8:04 PM - 4 Mar 2015
reddit
RIP boiling water (self.Jokes)
submitted March 5, 2015 by curtaturc
You will be mist.
reddit
RIP boiling water. You shall be mist. (self.dadjokes)
submitted June 9, 2015 by dieksville
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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