“Alcohol—Becasue no good/great story starts with someone eating a salad” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many posters. “ALCOHOL—Because no good story starts with ‘So…I was eating a salad…’” was cited in print in 2010.
“Alcohol - Because no good story starts with someone eating a salad” was cited on Twitter on September 6, 2011. “Alcohol, because no great story starts with someone eating a salad” was cited on Twitter on September 24, 2011.
“Coffee because no great story ever started with someone drinking water” and “No great story started with someone drinking water” are related sayings. “Beer because nothing actually happened over coffee” is a similar saying.
JoyReactor
anon
16:00:00; 30 Mar 2010
ALCOHOL
Because no good story starts with “So…I was eating a salad…”
JoyReactor
anon
16:00:00; 30 Mar 2010
VODKA
BECAUSE NO GOOD STORY STARTS WITH
“THAT ONE TIME I ATE A SALAD”
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Belinda R.
@DuchessBells
Alcohol - Because no good story starts with someone eating a salad.
10:40 AM - 6 Sep 2011
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Lauren Heres
@laurenheres
Alcohol, because no great story starts with someone eating a salad
10:21 PM - 24 Sep 2011
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Court✨
@courtneysmallze
Alcohol: because no good story starts with someone eating a salad
7:19 PM - 5 Oct 2011
WeKnowMemes
Alcohol Because No Good Story Starts With That One Time I Ate A Salad
– NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Facebook
Alcohol - Because no good story starts with “That one time I ate a Salad”
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Ankita
@devils_disciple
ALCOHOL…. Because no great story starts with “someone eating a salad…”
4:47 AM - 23 Jan 2012
reddit
No great story starts with a salad, huh? (i.imgur.com)
submitted November 2, 2012 by deejay_reich
WeKnowMemes
Alcohol Because No Great Story Starts With A Salad.
– NOVEMBER 19, 2012
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.
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