A joke about a dollar store is that the items in the store aren’t worth much, unlike a jewelry store. “Fark headline: ‘Nine-year old boy angry with his mother burns a Dollar Store to ground; tens of dollars in damage estimated’ ha ha” was posted on Twitter on April 15, 2009. “2-Alarm Fire Erupts At Dollar Store. Tens of dollars in damage!” was posted on Twitter on November 13, 2010.
“There was a fire at my local dollar store. Damage is estimated to be in the tens of dollars” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on May 10, 2018.
Twitter
Happily Phoena
@Phoena
Fark headline: “Nine-year old boy angry with his mother burns a Dollar Store to ground; tens of dollars in damage estimated” ha ha
1:08 PM - 15 Apr 2009
Twitter
Bryce Giesler
@wordjunky
2-Alarm Fire Erupts At Dollar Store. Tens of dollars in damage! http://www.click2houston.com/news/25777745/detail.html
10:10 AM - 13 Nov 2010
Twitter
LesterSmith
@LesterSmith
“Disgruntled Employee Sets Fire to Dollar Store… Tens of Dollars of Damage Ensues” http://ow.ly/ciEfR ~Daily GRC Digest
1:55 PM - 17 Jul 2012
Twitter
Aaron Bragman
@BragmansWorld
Replying to @FOX2News
“@FOX2News: Van crashes into dollar store, erupts in flames http://bit.ly/17dKfG6 ” Damage estimates reach into the tens of dollars.
7:44 AM - 30 Jul 2013
Twitter
Corey Deitz
@CoreyDeitz
FBI searching for “Dollar Store Grandpa Bandit.” He has held up stores nationwide. If caught he’ll be forced to give back tens of dollars!
4:53 AM - 18 Jun 2017
Twitter
100.3 The Edge
@EdgeLittleRock
Tens of dollars in damage as these two women scrap each other and the Dollar Store. http://fb.me/EZ8zxnjr
7:13 AM - 30 Jun 2017
Reddit—Jokes
There was a fire at my local dollar store.
submitted May 10, 2018 by Kyle______
Damage is estimated to be in the tens of dollars.
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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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