“I used to go out with a carpenter. He got hammered every night” is a drinking pun that was posted on Twitter by TrishB on November 15, 2010. “Did you hear about the carpenter who drank too many screwdrivers? He got hammered” was posted on Twitter by Crack Head on June 22, 2011.
“Did you hear about the carpenter who drank on the job? He got hammered” was posted on Reddit—Cleanjokes on February 16, 2019.
Twitter
TrishB
@StormingTeacup
Replying to @GeneHunt
@GeneHunt I used to go out with a carpenter. He got hammered every night.
3:14 PM - 15 Nov 2010
Twitter
Crack Head
@LovesTheCrack
Did you hear about the carpenter who drank too many screwdrivers? He got hammered.
12:07 PM - 22 Jun 2011
Twitter
AJ
@ajsmith2369
Why did the carpenter get fired?
He got hammered on the job.
5:46 AM - 1 Jan 2019
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/postmodernhippiegoth February 16, 2019
Did you hear about the carpenter who drank on the job?
He got hammered
Twitter
keepingitcreel
@Keepingitcreel
Did you hear about the carpenter who drank on the job? He got hammered
10:43 PM - 16 Feb 2019
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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