A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from January 31, 2024
“I was going to buy a new toaster, but kept the old one. Better the Breville you know”

Breville is an Australian multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. A popular joke involves the Breville toaster and the phrase “better the Breville you know” (a pun on “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t”).
 
“RT @digitaltoast: Decided not to buy a shiny new sandwich toaster to replace our old but reliable model - better the Breville you know [LOL]” was posted on X/Twitter by Martin Edwards on June 25, 2009. “I was going to change my toaster , but i thought ...‘Better the Breville you know’” was posted on X/Twitter by LeFonk on October 13, 2019. “I was going to buy a new toaster today but decided to keep the one I have. After all, better the Breville you know!” was posted on X/Twitter by WizardResponder on October 27, 2009. “I’m not happy with our new sandwich toaster, we should have stuck with the old one… Oh well, better the Breville you know!” was posted on X/Twitter by Jokes UK 馃敒 on August 28, 2020.
 
   
Wikipedia: Breville Group
Breville Group Limited or simply Breville is an Australian multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in the inner suburb of Alexandria, Sydney. The company’s brands include Breville, Kambrook and Ronson (outside of North America). In the UK and Europe the company, firming as Sage Appliances, goes to market as the Sage brand (because the name Breville is taken by the unrelated Jarden company in the UK) and as the Breville brand in the rest of the world.
 
The Breville brand is best known for its home appliances, specifically blenders, coffee machines, toasters, kettles, microwaves and toaster ovens.
 
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
better the devil you know than the devil you don’t
idiom
鈥攗sed to say that it is better to deal with a difficult person or situation one knows than with a new person or situation that could be worse
           
X/Twitter
Martin Edwards
@MartinGBEdwards
RT @digitaltoast: Decided not to buy a shiny new sandwich toaster to replace our old but reliable model - better the Breville you know [LOL]
9:04 AM 路 Jun 25, 2009
   
X/Twitter
LeFonk
@LeFonk
I was going to change my toaster , but i thought ...“Better the Breville you know”
3:57 PM 路 Oct 13, 2009
   
X/Twitter
WizardResponder
@WizardResponder
I was going to buy a new toaster today but decided to keep the one I have. After all, better the Breville you know!
2:08 PM 路 Oct 27, 2009
   
X/Twitter
Randolf Smith
@RandolfSmith
I was going to buy a new sandwich toaster today but decided to keep the one I have. ....After all, better the Breville you know! !! 😉
2:12 PM 路 Oct 27, 2009
   
X/Twitter
pauldchambers
@pauldchambers
I bought a new sandwich toaster, but it wasn’t as good as my old one. Well, you know what they say..better the Breville you know.
5:44 PM 路 Jan 19, 2010
   
X/Twitter
Scott Carruthers
@Scotty_McTweety
just bought a replacement sandwich toaster but the first time I used it the bloody thing caught fire.
Better the Breville you know I suppose
12:20 AM 路 Feb 11, 2010
   
X/Twitter
Dave
@davesusetty
My mum offered me a fancy new sandwich toaster. I said I’d stick with the one I had. It was a case of ‘better the Breville you know’.
2:05 PM 路 Jul 18, 2010
   
X/Twitter
Phill McKrackin
@old_dear_hunter
@Dickldo I was gonna buy a new sandwich toaster but you know what they say, better the Breville you know. Ooooof!
3:26 PM 路 Aug 6, 2010
   
X/Twitter
Squiffy The Clown
@Squiffy2
I was going to change my toaster , but i thought ...“Better the Breville you know” #win100 #humor #joke #comedy #humour
11:31 AM 路 Nov 8, 2010
   
X/Twitter
A D
@JigsawofChicken
I was going to buy a swanky new sandwich-toaster to replace my old one, but decided against it. Better the Breville you know.
12:43 PM 路 Dec 5, 2010
   
X/Twitter
Neil Neil Orange Peel
@kearns_neil
People are critical of the way I make #pancakes in a sandwich toaster, but I refuse to change.
Batter The Breville you know.
#1PUN
8:00 AM 路 Feb 9, 2016
   
X/Twitter
caughtjester馃嚜馃嚭馃樂馃儚
@brucedon5
I debated wether or not to buy a new sandwich toaster.
In the end I didn’t bother. I thought, better the Breville you know. #1pun #sidesplittingsunday
8:21 AM 路 Feb 25, 2018
   
X/Twitter
Jokes UK 馃敒
@jokesuk
I’m not happy with our new sandwich toaster, we should have stuck with the old one…
Oh well, better the Breville you know!
12:37 PM 路 Aug 28, 2020
 
X/Twitter
Richard James
@RichardNJames
My friends keep telling me to buy a new sandwich toaster. I say better the Breville you know.
5:38 AM 路 Jan 19, 2024 from South East, England路
 
X/Twitter
graham bretman
@GBretman
I bought my Gran a new sandwich toaster, but she prefers her old one
Better the Breville you know I guess
#wednesdaywit
3:30 AM 路 Jan 24, 2024
 
X/Twitter
Gran Jury
@gran_jury
I鈥檓 not happy with our new sandwich toaster, we should have stuck with the old one.
Oh well, better the Breville you know.
1:00 PM 路 Jan 25, 2024

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