"Got herbs in my eyes cooking last nite, now I’m parsley sighted” was posted on Twitter on March 4, 2011. “Whilst preparing dinner last night I accidentally got some herbs in my eyes, I’m now parsley sighted” was posted on Twitter on March 10, 2011.
The pun has been printed on several images.
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Stan
@stanjboyd
Got herbs in my eyes cooking last nite, now I’m parsley sighted
4:01 AM - 4 Mar 2011
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Paul Corrosion
@gashinryu
I think I may have got some herbs in my eyes while cooking dinner last night. I’ve woken up parsley-sighted. #badjokefriday
7:20 AM - 4 Mar 2011
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Clare
@clarebuk
While cooking dinner tonight I got herbs in my eyes. I am now parsley sighted!
1:25 PM - 9 Mar 2011
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Phil
@Hammer_Time67
Whilst preparing dinner last night I accidentally got some herbs in my eyes, I’m now parsley sighted
7:30 AM - 10 Mar 2011
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Thabang Trodd
@TroddAwesome
Whilst cooking dinner tonight I got herbs in my eyes. I am now parsley sighted
1:01 PM - 10 Mar 2011
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Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
Whilst cooking today I accidentally rubbed some herbs in my eyes.
I’m now parsley sighted.
4:47 PM - 15 Mar 2016
Twitteer
Excuse the Pun
@ExcuseThePun
Whilst cooking today I accidentally rubbed some herbs in my eyes.
I’m now parsley sighted.
12:56 PM - 30 Sep 2017
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Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
Whilst cooking today I accidentally rubbed some herbs in my eyes.
I’m now parsley sighted.
3:51 PM - 11 Nov 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.
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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