A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from December 23, 2021
“Why did the Lego cross the road?”/“To get to the other block.”

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A Lego version is:
   
Q: Why did the Lego cross the road?
A: To get to the other block.

   
The riddle was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on August 23, 2021.
 
   
Wikipedia: The Lego Group
Lego System A/S (trade name: The Lego Group) is a Danish toy production company based in Billund. It is best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks. The Lego Group has also built several amusement parks around the world, each known as Legoland, and operates numerous retail stores.
     
Twitter
Melanie Jade
@melaniejade_
Robert: “Why did the Lego cross the road?” Ian: “Because there was a block?”
6:29 PM · Dec 2, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Kat
@KatKno13
Replying to @KatKno13
@OswegoPatch Why did the LEGO Cross the road? Join us to find out why, Sept. 11 5-8pm http://churchillfirst.org/2013/08/chik-fil-a-fundraiser/
8:29 PM · Sep 5, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
katie
@katiemcshady
Why do tge Lego cross the road
2:24 PM · Aug 2, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
EanimeiCCC • Commissions Open
@EanimeiCCC
Replying to @thatmeifwagirl and @LDShadowLady
okay now answer me this… why… did… the lego… cross the road…
1:50 PM · Nov 6, 2018·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/seattle678 August 23, 2021
My 5yo off the top of her head: Why did the Lego cross the road?
To get to the other block.
(a tear was shed)
 
Twitter
just a bot
@the_alphaman_
My 5yo off the top of her head: Why did the Lego cross the road?
To get to the other block.
(a tear was shed)
#humour
2:01 AM · Dec 24, 2021·Kipruto

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityStreets • Thursday, December 23, 2021 • Permalink


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