When asked what one does, “stuff” is a non-specific answer, but suppose one really does “stuff” for a living? “‘Oh, you know, ‘stuff’’ ~ a taxidermist, when his wife asks him what he got up to at work” was posted on Twitter on October 25, 2011. “What does a taxidermist do for a living? Oh, you know… Stuff” was posted on Twitter on September 15, 2013.
This version of a conversation was posted on Twitter on September 15, 2013:
Inquisitive fellow: So, what do you do for a living?
Taxidermist: Oh… You know… Stuff.
Wikipedia: Taxidermy
Taxidermy is the preserving of an animal’s body via stuffing or mounting for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state. The word taxidermy refers to the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are often called “mounts”. The word taxidermy is derived from the Greek words “taxis” and “derma”. Taxis means “to move”, and “derma” means “skin” (the dermis). The word taxidermy translates to “arrangement of skin”. Taxidermy is practiced primarily on vertebrates (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and less commonly on amphibians) but can also be done to larger insects and arachnids under some circumstances. Taxidermy takes on a number of forms and purposes, including natural history museum displays, hunting trophies, study skins, and is sometimes used as a means to memorialize pets. A person who practices taxidermy is called a taxidermist.
Twitter
NotDeakins
@NotDeakins
“Oh, you know, ‘stuff’” ~ a taxidermist, when his wife asks him what he got up to at work
2:36 PM - 25 Oct 2011
Twitter
Stephanie 🌹 🍵
@Estepahni
What does a taxidermist do for a living? Oh, you know… Stuff.
5:46 AM - 15 Sep 2013
Twitter
A. Knowles
@Worth1000Nerds
Inquisitive fellow: So, what do you do for a living?
Taxidermist: Oh… You know… Stuff.
1:02 PM - 15 Sep 2013
Twitter
Evan Alexander
@EvanAlexander95
Random guy: So what do you do for a living?
Taxidermist: oh you know....... Stuff.
3:54 PM - 25 Sep 2013
Reddit—Dad Jokes
I asked my Dad’s friend what he did for a living. (self.dadjokes)
submitted January 29, 2014 by ShinyMind
“Oh, you know, stuff.” He was a taxidermist.
Reddit—Jokes
What does a taxidermist do for a living?
submitted August 11, 2014 by cute_zergling
Oh you know… stuff…
Reddit—Jokes
A taxidermist was asked, “So what do you do for a living?”
submitted August 11, 2014 by calvinswagg
She replied, “Oh you know… stuff.”
. From Tumblr.
Twitter
markydoodoo
@markydoodoo
me: so what do you do for a living?
my date who is a taxidermist: oh, you know, stuff
6:52 PM - 19 Jan 2018
Reddit—Oneliners
When I asked a taxidermist what she did for a living, she replied with “You know, stuff.”
submitted February 4, 2018 by wonliners
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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