“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is a famous proverb. Are doctors afraid of apple orchards?
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away. That’s why I live in a giant apple in an apple orchard. Does that make me immortal?” was posted on Twitter by Rob Turner on March 1, 2011. “Whoever says an apple a day keeps the doctor away, probably had an apple orchard now” was posted on Twitter by Jan Noel on January 17, 2013.
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on October 1, 2019:
Q: Where’s the best place to hide from a doctor?
A: An apple orchard.
Twitter
Rob Turner
@ReynardCity
Replying to @StephenAtHome
@StephenAtHome An apple a day keeps the doctor away. That’s why I live in a giant apple in an apple orchard. Does that make me immortal?
10:40 AM · Mar 1, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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Tony Brent
@Tonybrent
An apple a day keeps the doctor away is exactly why you don’t see a doctors office next to an apple orchard.
1:09 AM · Oct 9, 2012·Ping.fm
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Jan Noel
@janoelogy
Whoever says an apple a day keeps the doctor away, probably had an apple orchard now.
12:14 AM · Jan 17, 2013·Twitter Web Client
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Anti Glib - A Real American Hero
@AntiGlib
If it’s true that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then I’m gonna live on an apple orchard because I’m so sick of marauding MDs.
8:59 PM · Jan 4, 2014·TweetDeck
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Austin
@Austin_Hodgens
I live in the middle of an apple orchard because I really hate going to the doctor…
12:23 PM · Oct 4, 2014·Twitter Web Client
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Sacapuntas
@TheSacapuntas
You never see a doctor run an apple orchard.
12:45 PM · Jun 5, 2017·TweetDeck
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@KAITtrashians
Replying to @KAITtrashians and @MaddiStevens19
4. If you are terrified of doctors go to an apple orchard because the apples will keep them away….
12:16 PM · Oct 15, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
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BRYCE WOLLMANN!!!
@TheBigAndSexy70
If apple a day keeps the doctor away, how close can a doctor get to an apple orchard?
12:53 PM · Oct 3, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
u/ShadowmanStudios October 1, 2019
Where’s the best place to hide from a doctor?
An apple orchard.
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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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