“Seasoned” fries get that name from seasonings, not from experience. “$3.95 is fine for fresh-faced rookie fries, but these have seen the ups and downs of the industry. They’re seasoned” was posted on Twitter on January 13, 2015. “Are Seasoned Fries what Rookie Fries eventually become?” was posted on Twitteron January 22, 2018.
“The Definition of Seasoned Fries—What rookie fries eventually become” was posted on Reddit—Dad Jokes on January 25, 2018.
Other “seasoned” jokes include “The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran” and “What do you call a spice with some experience?”/“Seasoned salt.”
Twitter
Amanda Skye
@AmandSkye
“I’ll get you some rookie fries if you want…on me”
11:44 PM - 13 Feb 2012
Twitter
DetroitHockey.Net
@detroithockey96
Rookie fries?
6:27 PM - 24 Feb 2013
Twitter
Dillon Smith
@dillonatpsu
Replying to @bydanielvictor
@bydanielvictor “$3.95 is fine for fresh-faced rookie fries, but these have seen the ups and downs of the industry. They’re seasoned.”
6:51 PM - 13 Jan 2015
Twitter
Michael A Hargis
@mikehargis1959
Are Seasoned Fries what Rookie Fries eventually become?
8:08 AM - 22 Jan 2018
Twitter
Neil Broshears
@nbrosh
Seasoned fries - what rookie fries eventually become.
6:27 AM - 23 Jan 2018
Reddit—Dad Jokes
The Definition of Seasoned Fries (self.dadjokes)
submitted January 25, 2018 by TheNinJay
What rookie fries eventually become…
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:
•“Welcome to growing older. Where all the foods and drinks you’ve loved for years suddenly seem determined to destroy you” (4/17)
•“Date someone who drinks with you instead of complaining that you drink” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Government creates the crises so it can ‘rescue’ you with the loss of freedom” (4/17)
More new entries...
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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