“Naughty” sounds like “not tea.” A coffee riddle is:
Q: Why did the coffee get in trouble?
A: Because it was not tea (naughty).
“Why did coffee get into trouble? Cause it was naughty and pretended to be tea” was posted on Twitter on March 4, 2012. “What is the most well behaved drink?”/“Tea because the others are not tea” is a similar riddle.
Twitter
your pet cat
@majestueux_x
OMG GABRIELLE “Why did coffee get into trouble? Cause it was naughty and pretended to be tea.” OTL
7:02 AM - 4 Mar 2012
Twitter
Minnie
@BabyMinnieSykes
why did the coffee get in trouble with the tea kettle? ...because it was not-tea.
2:23 AM - 20 Jun 2012
Twitter
Rachel Anne
@purplepres
Why did coffee get in trouble? Because he was not-tea. #seewhatididthere
2:29 PM - 8 Jul 2012
Reddit—Dad Jokes
Why did the coffee get in trouble? (self.dadjokes)
submitted April 8, 2018 by accountnumber3
Because it was NotTea.
COMMENTS
Eran-of-Arcadia
That’s why it was grounded.
Twitter
keepingitcreel
@Keepingitcreel
Why did the coffee get in trouble? Because it was NotTea.
9:48 PM - 7 Apr 2018 (Posted after the above.—ed.)
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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