A popular image in 2018 shows a blue Volkswagen car “keyed” with musical notation and the caption:
“Your car’s been keyed. The good news is that the damage looks to B minor.”
Twitter
naseeb
@OGNASEEB
“Your car has been keyed, the good news is that the damage seems to b minor” 😂
2:21 AM - 17 Aug 2018
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₵lodia ☺
@Clodiavel
@charlieputh HaHa!!! B minor (what a cool damage)😜
(The image is shown.—ed.)
5:35 PM - 18 Aug 2018
Twitter
Phyllis Lupinacci #CP_FAMILY 💚
@PhyllisLupinac1
Dear Charlie @charlieputh The good news is that the damage looks to B minor, & you being the huge nerd that you are, getting excited over it, is one more reason why I love you, by the way, I thought that was funny, so maybe I’m a nerd too. ilysm❤️ #CP_FAMILY💚
0:04 (A video image is shown.—ed.)
3:36 PM - 19 Aug 2018
Facebook
Birgit Atherton Jones shared a post.
August 21, 2018 at 7:33 PM ·
The damage seems to B minor
(The image is credited to “unKNOWN PUNster @2018.”—ed.)·
Reddit—Dad Jokes
Yesterday my car was keyed (self.dadjokes)
submitted September 14, 2018 by d2_ricci
The good news is the damage seems to b minor
https://imgur.com/a/3BlOI7w
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.
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