"Why is Monday so far from Friday, but Friday so close to Monday?” is a jocular question that has been printed on many posters. “Wonders why Monday is soooo far away from Friday, and Friday so close to Monday?” was cited on Twitter on August 9, 2009.
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zarileonardo
@zarileonardo
wonders why Monday is soooo far away from Friday, and Friday so close to Monday?
8:51 AM - 9 Aug 2009
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Girlfriend Social
@gfsocial
Why is Monday sooooo far away from Friday, and Friday so close to Monday?
8:27 PM - 19 Oct 2009
Twitter
Salemill.com
@salemill
♫♫ Why is Monday sooooo far away from Friday, and Friday so close to Monday? ♫♫
6:31 AM - 14 Dec 2009
Facebook
Why is friday so close to monday but monday is so far away from friday?x 
February 18, 2010
Twitter
Morales
@arislenisss
#RandomThought Why’s Friday so close to Monday, yet Monday’s so damn far from Friday?
9:30 AM - 1 Mar 2010
SodaHead
Why is Friday so close to Monday but Monday is so far away from Friday?
by GoDucks5 Posted October 04, 2011
The-Life-of-Mrs-H
Monday...So far from Friday, Friday....So close to Monday!
by thelifeofmrsh @ Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 – 07:34:13 am
And it’s Monday.... before we even realized it was the weekend!!
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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