People sweep the floor, then mop—and find that they didn’t sweep well enough. “Just when you think you’ve swept up all the dog hair, then you start to mop...” was posted on Twitter by Rebekah on September 23, 2012. “Do you guys ever start mopping and realize how shitty you swept before” was posted on Twitter by Stephanie on September 3, 2018.
“You will think that you have swept well enough until you start mopping” was posted on Twitter by Allan on September 28, 2020. “You usually don’t know how poorly you swept until you start mopping” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on March 7, 2021.
Twitter
Rebekah
@theblonderuns
Just when you think you’ve swept up all the dog hair, then you start to mop… #chase #blacklab #ihearthim
1:20 PM · Sep 23, 2012·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Stephanie
@Stephvaz18
Do you guys ever start mopping and realize how shitty you swept before
3:45 PM · Sep 3, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Zachary Karcz
@ZacharyKarcz
I always think I swept really well until I start mopping
3:30 PM · Apr 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Allan
@mpamizeallan
‘You will think that you have swept well enough until you start mopping’
9:45 AM · Sep 28, 2020·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/RedditEffigy March 7, 2021
You usually don’t know how poorly you swept until you start mopping.
Twitter
Zoor Kriid
@zoorkriid
You usually don’t know how poorly you swept until you start mopping. /u/RedditEffigy
10:50 PM · Mar 7, 2021·IFTTT
Twitter
ThoughtZap
@ThoughtZap
You usually don’t know how poorly you swept until you start mopping.
4:18 PM · Mar 8, 2021·Publer
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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