"Earner” shouldn’t be confused with “urner,” but there are jokes.
“Q: What’s the name of the yearly prize given out to the world’s most successful crematorium? A: ‘Top Urner’” was posted on Twitter by Natalie Lanoville on October 6, 2013. “What do they call employee of the month at the crematorium? Top Urner” was a top comment posted on Reddit—Jokes on October 7, 2021.
“What’s a Grecian urn?” is a related joke.
Twitter
Natalie Lanoville Fully vaxxed! Pfizerx2
@NatalieLanovill
Q: What’s the name of the yearly prize given out to the world’s most successful crematorium? A: “Top Urner”. #joke #pun #funny
12:48 AM · Oct 6, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Jokes
yomommafool October 7, 2021
What do they call employee of the month at the crematorium?
Top Urner
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/yomommafool October 8, 2021
What do they call employee of the month at the crematorium?
Top Urner
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Disastrous_Credit_67 October 8, 2021
What do you call the employee of the month at a crematorium?
A top urner
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/ehyni October 8, 2021
What do they call employee of the month at the crematorium?
Top urner
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
What do they call employee of the month at the crematorium?
Top urner.
11:36 AM · Oct 8, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/yomommafool October 9, 2021
What do they call employee of the month at the crematorium?
Top Urner
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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