“I finally quit drinking for good. Now I drink for evil” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “Now he’ll only drink for EVIL. MT @KatMcKinley Randy Travis says he has quit drinking for good” was cited on Twitter on November 28, 2012.
The saying went viral in July 2015. “I quit drinking for good. Now I only drink for evil!” was cited on Twitter on July 6, 2015.
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Jim Jamitis
?@anthropocon
Now he’ll only drink for EVIL. MT @KatMcKinley Randy Travis says he has quit drinking for good.
5:30 PM - 28 Nov 2012
Twitter
hignettflix n’ chill
?@hignettflix
I quit drinking for good. Now I only drink for evil!
6:22 AM - 6 Jul 2015
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Caleb Rivers
?@CalcbRivers
I quit drinking for good. Now I only drink for evil.
2:48 PM - 7 Jul 2015
Twitter
Chuck U Farley
?@beckdrinker
I’ve finally stopped drinking for good.
Now I drink for evil
6:27 PM - 7 Jul 2015
reddit
I’ve finally stopped drinking for good. (self.Jokes)
submitted July 7, 2015 by bali727
Now I drink for evil
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Pour
August 15, 2015 ยท
I’M Done Drinking For Good, Now I Drink For Evil!
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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