"You say drunk and disorderly. I say spirited and spontaneous” is a jocular drinking saying that has been printed on many images. “You say drunk and disorderly I say spirited and spontaneous” was posted on Twitter by Phillip on July 2, 2017.
Twitter
Phillip
@PhillipHergina
You say drunk and disorderly I say spirited and spontaneous.
10:56 PM · Jul 2, 2017·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Natallia Nemes
@NatalliaNemes
You Say Drunk And Disorderly I Say Spirited And Spontaneous. #Shit101
7:20 PM · Jul 4, 2017·Hootsuite
Twitter
Kina
@kina_mrswils
No officer, I’m spirited and spontaneous, not drunk and disorderly
9:39 PM · Aug 9, 2017·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Jeff Watson
@MarchwheatJeff
Saw a funny meme on Facebook. They wrote, “You say drunk and disorderly, I say spirited and spontaneous.”
10:45 AM · Aug 19, 2017·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
CheeseteeStore
@CheeseteeStore
You Say Drunk And Disorderly I Say Spirited And Spontaneous - Price only $7 https://cheesetee.com/product/you-say-drunk-and-disorderly-i-say-spirit…
9:08 AM · Jul 25, 2020·FS Poster
Twitter
Laura Horton
@laurahorton4
You say drunk and disorderly. I say spirited and spontaneous
9:06 AM · Jan 17, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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.
Recent entries:
•
“I prefer my guns the way Democrats prefer their voters..undocumented and untraceable” (3/21)
•
“Using cash is like telling the government what you buy is none of their fucking business” (3/21)
•
“Men who say women belong in the kitchen obviously don’t know what to do with them in the bedroom” (3/21)
•
“You don’t have a valentine for Valentine’s Day? I don’t have a groundhog for Groundhog Day” (3/21)
•
Entry in progress—BP (3/21)
More new entries...
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.
This site is edited by Barry Popik.