"There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound almost exactly the same” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on several ecards. “Day 2 of staying in and remaining sober. So far? So bored” was posted on Twitter on October 14, 2008. “There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound exactly alike” was posted on Twitter on May 26, 2012.
“There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound almost exactly the same...” was posted on Twitter by “Shit Liquor Says” on January 30, 2013.
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Sam
@sammi_jo
Day 2 of staying in and remaining sober. So far? So bored. But I will make myself find sober things to do.
8:40 AM - 14 Oct 2008
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Nonagon
@nonagonmusic
is so bored. And so sober.
9:43 AM - 13 Feb 2009
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Julie
@JewLeeW
There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound exactly alike.
7:11 PM - 26 May 2012
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Marc Montoya
@Radiant_Anthony
There is a reason why ‘’so bored’’ and ‘’sober’’ sound simliar.
12:09 AM - 17 Sep 2012
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Shit Liquor Says™
@ShitLiquorSays
There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound almost exactly the same…
3:04 PM - 30 Jan 2013
Joke All You Can
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
There’s a reason why “sober” and “so bored” sound almost exactly the same
My Stiff Little Fingers
Sunday, 30 August 2015
There’s a reason why ‘Sober’ and ‘So Bored’ sound almost exactly the same.
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Planito
December 21, 2015 ·
There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’
sound almost exactly the same 😄 
lol.
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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