"The house isn’t under construction—kids just live here” is a popular house sign. “The house isn’t under construction...kids just live here” has been cited in print since at least 2007.
Sweet ‘n’ Simple—Quotes and Sayings
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007
POSTED BY TORI GOODRICH AT 9:07 AM
Family and Friends
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The house isn’t under construction . . .kids just live here
My Vinyl Creations
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2008
Quotes - Humor
HUMOR
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The house isn’t under construction...kids just live here
Twitter
CinnamonScraps
@CinnamonScraps
this house isn’t under construction...kids just live here
7:13 AM - 16 Oct 2009
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Meredith Wood
@meredith_s_wood
The sign over my kitchen doorway reads: This house isn’t under construction, kids just live here.
11:27 AM - 15 Feb 2010
Time 4 Me
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2011
Under Construction
I was at one of my clients homes yesterday and she has a wooden plaque with the cutest saying in vinyl on it. I will be calling my friend Tiffany Bingham with Simple Inspirations Vinyl asap to have one made up for myself. The plaque read....."No, this house isn’t under construction. Children live here!”
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JKBlondeGirl
@JKsBlondegirl
@angela1301 Absolutely!! ‘No my house isn’t under construction, children live here!’
1:44 PM - 13 Aug 2013
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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