“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is an old saying from the early 1900s. An anti-joke variation is:
“When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life is an asshole.”
This version was posted on Twitter by Grover on April 12, 2013, and has been printed on several images. The ending line—“Because life is an asshole”—is sometimes changed to, “Because life can be a real jerk sometimes.”
Twitter
Grover
@XGroverX
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life is an asshole.
2:13 PM - 12 Apr 2013
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When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those…
July 6, 2013 Life Status Updates
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life can be a real jerk sometimes.
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Gerald Langiri
July 13, 2013 ·
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady at the market. Because life can
be a real jerk sometimes.
Twitter
Sarcasm Machine
@Sarcasm_Machine
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life is an asshole.
11:16 AM - 14 Jul 2013
Funny Status
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those…
January 27, 2015 Life Status Updates
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life is an asshole.
Funny Status
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those…
February 2, 2015 Life Status Updates
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life is an asshole.
Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life is an asshole.
8:52 AM - 14 Apr 2016
Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady. Because life can be a real jerk sometimes.
9:29 AM - 7 Jun 2017
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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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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