"The first five days after the weekend are always the hardest” is a jocular work saying that has been printed on many ecards and posters. “The first five days after the #weekend are always the hardest” was posted on Twitter on March 28, 2011.
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Mike
@micke9
The first five days after the #weekend are always the hardest.
12:11 AM - 28 Mar 2011
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Gabrielė
@Gabryte
The hardest are the first five days after the weekend.
1:35 PM - 9 Apr 2011
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Mircea Iurcu
@mirceaiurcu
The hardest - Are the first five days after the weekend
7:23 AM - 13 Apr 2011
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Taylor Ward
@ttayylor_made
The first five days after the weekend are always the hardest…
11:19 PM - 8 May 2011
Google Books
5,000 Great One Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
London: Biteback Publishing
2012
Pg. ?:
The first five days after the weekend are always the hardest.
Google Books
No Ice, No Slice
By Hugo Tang
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2013
Pg. IX:
The first five days after the weekend are always the hardest.
Google Books
A Cocktail of Laughter & Thoughts
By Noël Gorton
Partridge Publishing (partridgepublishing.com/india)
2014
Pg. ?:
The first five days after the weekend are always the hardest.
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Yik Yak
@YikYakApp
“It’s those first five days after a weekend that are the hardest” — Georgetown University
8:03 AM - 14 Oct 2015
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.
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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