"There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected” is a jocular food saying that has been printed on many images. Who wants to gain calories on poor-tasting food?
“There really should be a calorie refund on food that didn’t taste as good as you thought it would #randomthoughts” was posted on Twitter by Jo on September 25, 2014. “There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected” was posted on Twitter by Jaquie Ohh on November 3, 2014.
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Jo
@cupajo22
There really should be a calorie refund on food that didn’t taste as good as you thought it would #randomthoughts
3:45 AM - 25 Sep 2014
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Jaquie Ohh
@JaquieOhh
There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected.
10:13 AM - 3 Nov 2014
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Madeline_Cole
@Madeline_Cole
“@JaquieOhh: There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected.” yes! 👌
10:19 AM - 3 Nov 2014
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Tyler
@TRThomas95
There should be a calorie refund for things that don’t taste as good as they looked
9:53 AM - 22 Nov 2014
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Brielle Biermann
@BrielleZolciak
I wish there was a calorie refund thing where if it’s gross u get the calories back
10:49 AM - 20 Mar 2015
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Jojo Radio
April 21, 2015 ·
There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected .
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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected.
5:03 PM - 30 Mar 2016
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11 When you’re mad and you want to give your calories back:
There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected.
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Sommer Ray
@SommerRay
There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as you expected
2:18 PM - 29 May 2018
Twitter
🦌 Mrs. Great•White•North 🦌
@KaylaMickler
There should be a calorie refund for things that didn’t taste as good as expected
4:54 PM - 3 Feb 2019
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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