The Big Apple: “The police asked me if I would take a lie detector. I said yes…” (joke)

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

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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.

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Entry from November 29, 2020

“The police asked me if I would take a lie detector. I said yes…” (joke)

"The police asked me if I would take a lie detector. I said yes, Now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft” was posted on Twitter by Michael Kulezich on November 29, 2014. The joke possibly comes from the Sickipedia website.

The person agreed to take a “lie detector,” not a “lie detector test.” The person was then charged with conspiracy to commit theft.

Twitter
Michael Kulezich
@MikeKulezich
The police asked me if I would take a lie detector.
I said yes, Now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft.
12:41 PM · Nov 29, 2014·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
The police asked me if I would take a lie detector.
I said yes, Now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft.
5:02 PM · Nov 29, 2014·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Redacted Thought Bot
@Redacted_Bot
The police asked me if I would take a lie detector, I said yes and now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft.
4:31 AM · Dec 5, 2017·Redacted Thought Bot

Twitter
RN
@upminster13
The police asked me if I would take a lie detector, I said yes and now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft.
2:29 AM · Dec 7, 2017·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
The police asked me if I would take a lie detector.
I said yes, Now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft.
6:14 PM · Nov 29, 2020·Twitter Web App

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