A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from March 30, 2017
“This printer is now called Bob Marley because it’s always jammin’”

“This copier/printer/shredder is now called Bob Marley because it’s a;ways jammin’” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images and posted on many printers. Bob Marley (1945-1981) $the Wailers released the song “Jamming” in 1977.
   
“Our copier’s like Bob Marley. It’s always jammin’” was posted on Twitter on July 14, 2007. “I call my printer at home ‘Bob Marley’ cos it’s always jammin’” was posted on Twitter on May 28, 2010.
   
     
Wikipedia: Jamming (song)
“Jamming” is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend. The song was re-released 10 years later as a tribute to Bob Marley and was again a hit, as in the Netherlands, where it was classified in the charts for 4 weeks. In Jamaican patois the word jamming refers to a getting together or celebration. It is still receiving moderate airplay from adult alternative stations.
 
Bob Marley’s wife Rita Marley has performed the song during the tribute concert “Marley Magic: Live In Central Park At Summerstage”.
     
Twitter
John Bligh‏
@jbligh
Our copier’s like Bob Marley. It’s always jammin’... :D
12:44 PM - 12 Jul 2007
 
Twitter
coalvilledave‏
@coalvilledave
I call my printer at home ‘Bob Marley’ cos it’s always jammin’
3:48 AM - 28 May 2010
 
Twitter
coalvilledave‏
@coalvilledave
I call my printer at home ‘Bob Marley’ cos it’s always jammin’
3:48 AM - 28 May 2010
 
Twitter
Roisin Gordon‏
@Rooooooooooosie
‘Our printer is called Bob Marley cause it’s always jammin’ ’ dad, you make me laugh on occasion.
12:03 PM - 19 Oct 2010
 
Twitter
Kealy‏
@kaopelt
“This printer is named Bob Marley cause it’s always jammin’!”  http://failblog.org/2011/04/07/m-thru-f-this-printer-is-too-laid-back-for-a-9-5/ … via @FAILBlog #LOL
8:55 PM - 7 Apr 2011
 
Twitter
yokey‏
@yokey017
Hahahaha RT @Gurlstrange “This printer is now named Bob Marley because it is always jamming”
9:45 PM - 5 Apr 2011
 
Reddit—Pics
This printer is now called Bob Marley because it’s always ‘jammin’ (imgur.com)
submitted February 3, 2012 by thewim
   
24 February 2013, Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia), “The Fitz Files” by Peter Fitzsimons, pg. 76:
This printer is named Bob Marley, because it’s always jammin’ ... Sign on a printer TFF saw at Deakin University this week
   
Cosmopolitan
What It’s Like to Be a Guy Working at Cosmo
Short answer: it’s amazing and frightening.

By Cosmo Frank
Feb 3, 2014
(...)
You know those offices where on your first day, you get a tour from Carol the “zany” HR rep and she shows you the office printer, with a picture of Bob Marley’s face taped to it, and says, “We call the printer Bob Marley because it’s always jamming! We like to do things a little differently around here.”
   
The Sentinel Sound (Steilacoom High School’s Online News, Steilcoom, WA)
The Copy Machine’s Champion and Jester
Isabelle Rohrer, Managing Editor • February 29, 2016
(...)
Ms. Redman, a math teacher, gave more insight on the “gremlins” and said that the upstairs copy machine is called Bessie, and the downstairs name is Bob. “Bob is for Bob Marley, because it’s always jammin’, and Bessie because it’s like a cow and eats paper. It eats everything,” she said.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Thursday, March 30, 2017 • Permalink


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