The 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in many requirements to wear face masks. The glove box in people’s cars became a mask box.
“Not yet but my vehicle glove box is now a mask box” was posted on Twitter by Mike Danielson on June 24, 2020. “my glove box is now called the mask box” was posted on Twitter by buse on August 11, 2020. “The glove box in my car is now called the mask box” was posted on Twitter by Borassick Steve on August 16, 2020. “Thanks to Covid… My glove box is now my mask box” was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on December 1, 2020.
“The junk drawer in now called the mask drawer” is a similar saying.
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
Twitter
Mike Danielson
@MikeDanielson
Replying to @amtrekker
Not yet but my vehicle glove box is now a mask box.
10:36 PM · Jul 24, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
buse
@seaofdixie
Replying to @marcdamelio
my glove box is now called the mask box
11:30 PM · Aug 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
orlandos and damelios
@orlandmelios
Replying to @marcdamelio
my glove box is now called the mask box
11:38 PM · Aug 11, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Borassick Steve
@BorassickSteve
The glove box in my car is now called the mask box.
11:43 AM · Aug 16, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Geri Naumcheff
@GeriNaumcheff
My glove box is now a mask box .
12:15 PM · Oct 16, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Nick Ciampa
@nick_ciampa
My glove box is now the mask box
1:05 AM · Nov 16, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/LifesLemons123 December 1, 2020
Thanks to Covid
My glove box is now my mask box
Twitter
3AM
@3AM_Jokes
Thanks to Covid… My glove box is now my mask box
2:50 AM · Dec 1, 2020·IFTTT
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:
•“Never underestimate my desire at any given moment to go home” (4/23)
•“I’m a better person when I’m tan and holding a margarita” (4/23)
•“You ARE a good driver. That curb DOESN’T belong there” (4/23)
•“‘It’s been a long week.’—Me, in the middle of Tuesday” (4/23)
•“Buying frozen pizza is such a lie. ‘Oh I’ll save this for when I don’t feel like cooking’. Surprise, surprise. Day one” (4/22)
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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