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.

Recent entries:
“Shoutout to ATM fees for making me buy my own money” (3/27)
“Thank you, ATM fees, for allowing me to buy my own money” (3/27)
“Anyone else boil the kettle twice? Just in case the boiling water has gone cold…” (3/27)
“Shout out to ATM fees for making me buy my own money” (3/27)
20-20-20 Rule (for eyes) (3/27)
More new entries...

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z


Entry from July 31, 2020
“What do you call a judge with no fingers?”/“Justice Thumbs.”

“Justice” can sound like “just his.” A riddle was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on April 30, 1996:
     
Q: What do you call a judge with no fingers?
A: Justice Thumbs.

   
A similar riddle was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on October 27, 1997:
     
Q: What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
A: Justice Fingers.

   
 
Google Groups: rec.humor
What do you call…
Robert Scott
4/30/96
Q. What do you call a Judge with no fingers?
A. Justice Thumbs.
 
Google Groups: rec.humor
Bad Movie
Chris Y
10/27/97
There is a joke at the end of this you know!   
(...)
Oh yeah - the joke….......
What do you call a Judge with no thumbs??
Justice Fingers
         
Google Books
The Law Society of Zimbabwe Magazine
Issues 1-10
1999
Pg. 28:
What do you call a Judge with no fingers?
Justice Thumbs.
   
29 June 2001, Belfast (Northern Ireland) News Letter, “Laughter Lines” by Gary Gilliland, pg. 31:
Joke of the Week:
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers
     
27 August 2002, Daily Telegraph (London, UK), “Fun, but no Phoenix Night” by Dominic Cavendish, pg. 16:
After some end-of-the-pier groaners (“What do you call a judge with no thumbs? Justice Fingers”), ...
 
Google Groups: alt.alt.alt.alt.alt
what do you call a majistrate with no thumbs?
Tronic5572
11/24/04
justice fingers.
 
Google Books
Man Walks into a Bar:
Over 6,000 of the Most Hilarious Jokes, Funniest Insults and Gut-Busting One-Liners

By Stephen Arnotta and Mike Haskins
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press
2007
Pg. ?:
What do you call a judge with no thumbs? Just his fingers. 
           
Twitter
Matthew Cave
@wri_matt
Replying to @mpgilbertusa
@mpgilbertusa Q:  What do you call a judge with no thumbs?    A: Justice Fingers.
3:55 PM · May 27, 2008·Twitter Web Client
 
Google Books
101 Amazing What Do You Call Jokes
By Jack Goldstein
Andrews UK Limited
2013
Pg. ?:
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/WanuS August 17, 2015
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers!
     
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/FannyCradock January 25, 2019
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers
 
Twitter
Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#badjokefriday
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers
1:47 AM · Jul 31, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Friday, July 31, 2020 • Permalink


Commenting is not available in this channel entry.