Just because people wait in line for something doesn’t necessarily make that product extra special. It could be a bread or a soup line, and the people waiting in line could be hungry. The people could have no choice but to wait in the line.
A joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on May 1, 2018:
“Did you guys know that the Soviet Union made the best bread in history? People would wait days in line for a single piece!”
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Did you guys know that the Soviet Union made the best bread in history?
submitted May 1, 2018 by StuffAndThingsYTP
People would wait days in line for a single piece!
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Did you guys know that the Soviet Union made the best bread in history? People would wait days in line for a single piece!
2:21 PM - 1 May 2018
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People would wait days in line for a single piece!
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4:34 PM - 1 May 2018
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Did you guys know that the Soviet Union made the best bread in history?
People would wait days in line for a single piece.
2:31 AM - 2 May 2018
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.
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