"Time flies” means that time passes quickly. Time doesn’t literally “fly,” but there are jokes.
“Time flies when you throw your watch” was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.jewish on July 13, 2004. “Time flies when you’re throwing watches” was posted on Twitter by Natasha J on July 4, 2010.
“Why did the man throw a clock out the window?"/"To see time fly” and “Time flies when you throw away calendars” are similar “time” riddles.
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Oneliners
Renee
7/13/04
(...)
Time flies when you throw your watch.
Twitter
Eph®aïm
@eph0382
time flies when you throw your watch
9:32 AM - 28 Jul 2009
Twitter
FunnyOneLiners
@Funnyoneliners
Time flies when you throw your watch.
12:51 PM - 24 Sep 2009
Twitter
Natasha J
@SilentPirate
Time flies when you’re throwing watches
7:18 PM - 4 Jul 2010
Twitter
Rachel ☺
@x_Rachel_xO
Time flies when you’re throwing watches.
5:50 PM - 19 Jan 2011
Twitter
♏️debs
@dorydebby
Time flies when you’re throwing watches.
6:11 PM - 19 Jan 2011 from Isle of Anglesey, Wales
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More One Liners, Jokes and Gags
Compiled by Grant Tucker
London, UK: Biteback Publishing
2013
Pg. ?:
Time flies when you’re throwing watches.
1 October 2013, The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), “The Last Word” by Marty Smith, pg. 18:
JUST A THOUGHT
Time flies when you’re throwing watches.
Reddit—Stupid Quotes
Time flies when you throw your watch in the air. (self.StupidQuotes)
submitted December 3, 2017 by VReznovvV
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Time flies when you’re throwing watches
submitted February 24, 2018 by Brinksterrr
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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