“You only love once. Lick the bowl” is a jocular food saying that has been printed on many images. People often lick the spoon, but licking the bowl—that’s adventurous!
“You Only Live Once” (YOLO) began to be popular by 2010. “You only live once ... Lick the bowl!” was posted on Twitter on August 28, 2013.
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Lovin’ Lyrics
@lovinlyrics
You only live once ... Lick the bowl!
9:57 PM - 28 Aug 2013
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@No0r94
You only live once, Lick the bowl !! #yolo
3:07 PM - 7 Sep 2013
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girliegirl0078
@girliegirl0078
“You only live once , lick the bowl”—unknown
11:01 AM - 8 Sep 2013
The JavaCupcake Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 BY BETSY EVES
You Only Live Once {Free Printable}
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I also created this cute graphic that I *had* to share with you! Please, feel free to download it and share it with your friends! It’s just so true!
You only live once… so lick the bowl!
Southern Utah News (Kanab, UT)
March 17, 2016
Womanhood Award 2016 - Barbara Carroll
“You only live once, lick the bowl” is about finding what brings you joy in your everyday life and making the most of each moment. The recipient of this year’s Womanhood Award is a woman who completely fulfills this theme.
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Kek - De koffiebar van Delft
November 9, 2016 ·
You only live once! Lick the bowl✌️️ #new #soupspecial #blackbeans #chorizo #comfortfood #sogood
Rochester (NY) Woman Magazine
November 17, 2016
You Only Live Once, Lick The Bowl
By Joan Lincoln
Changing your Lifestyle One Forkful at a Time
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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