The paper towels by a gas pump are for cleaning (such as cleaning a windshield, or wiping oil from a dipstick). However, a popular comment (printed on many images) has it that the paper towels are good to wipe your tears from high gas prices.
“I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling up” was posted on X/Twitter by “Daves not here” on July 1, 2022. “I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling your tank” was posted on X/Twitter by Jacobred00 on July 1, 2022. “I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling your gas tank” (shown on an image) was posted on iFunny on July 3, 2022. It’s not known who originated the saying.
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Daves not here馃嚭馃嚫馃彺鬆仹鬆仮鬆仴鬆伄鬆仹鬆伩
@Just_Andy_Uknow
I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling up.
9:05 AM 路 Jul 1, 2022
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Jacobred00
@Jacobred2000
I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling your tank.
10:46 AM 路 Jul 1, 2022
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Jason Nocera
@NicheCartoons
I just realized that the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling your tank. 馃槶
1:18 PM 路 Jul 1, 2022
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Tracy Lynx
@TracyLynx
I just realized the paper towels
by the gas pump are for wiping
away tears after filling your gas tank.
1:57 PM 路 Jul 1, 2022 from Fort Smith, AR
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@Changedhandle1
I just realized the paper towels at the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling up your tank.
That 馃憡
5:17 AM 路 Jul 3, 2022
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CDM10
3 jul 2022
I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling your gas tank.
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Peachy Sunday
July 5, 2022 at 9:06 PM 路
I just realized the paper towels by the gas pump are for wiping away tears after filling your gas tank.
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Women After 50
July 12, 2023 at 6:16 PM 路
#truestory
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
I just realized today that
the paper towels by the
gas pump are for wiping
away the tears after you
fill up your gas tank.
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realwhatguyslike5
14 jul 2022
JUST REALIZED THE PAPER TOWELS BY THE GAS PUMP ARE FOR WIPING AWAY TEARS AFTER FILLING YOUR GAS TANK.
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Recipes From Heaven
July 15, 2022 at 1:54 PM 路
I just figured out the paper towels by the gas pump 鉀斤笍 are for wiping away the tears after you fill your tank.馃挧
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im not right in the head.com
July 30, 2023 at 6:15 PM 路
Shared by the weeping Bob Kane
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
I just realized the paper towels
by the gas pump are for wiping
away tears after filling your gas
tank.
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.
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