In 2020, the United States experienced an invasion of “murder hornets” from Asia.
“When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?” was posted on Twitter by Samantha on May 6, 2020. The joke was repeated on Facebook many times later on the same day.
“Who decided to call them ‘murder hornets’ and not ‘buzzkills’?” is a similar joke.
Wikipedia: Asian giant hornet
The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), including the former subspecies referred to as the “Japanese giant hornet” is the world’s largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia, South Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and parts of the Russian Far East. It was also found in the Pacific Northwest of North America in late 2019, with no reports since to suggest that they have become established there.
Twitter
Samantha
@ItsSamG
When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?
I’m really sorry for this
6:38 AM · May 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Paul Rosenberger
May 6, 2020 ·
When a Murder Hornet takes a life, do they call it a Buzzkill?
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Johnny Ellis
May 6, 2020 ·
When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?
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David Barton
May 6, 2020 ·
When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?
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Ray Woodward Jr
May 6, 2020 ·
When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?
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Michael Thompson
May 6, 2020 ·
Question “When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?”
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Pat Polhemus
May 6, 2020 ·
When the murder hornets take a life do they call it a buzzkill?
I’m really sorry for this
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.
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