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 May 26, 2017
“What is a customary greeting from a cannibal?”/“He presents you with a handshake.”

A “handshake” is very different from a “milk shake,” but there have been several cannibal jokes. “Why did Jeffrey Dahmer keep a blender on his porch? So he could greet visitors with a handshake” was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on December 3, 1999. “A handshake means something completely different to a cannibal” was posted on Twitter on December 20, 2011.
   
“A cannibal just offered me a handshake. It was okay, but it tasted more like a hand smoothie to me” was posted on Twitter on February 11, 2012. “A cannibal walked up to me and gave me a handshake. It was quite delicious” was posted on Twitter on April 4, 2013.
   
“What is a customary greeting from a cannibal? He presents you with a handshake” was posted on Twitter on May 25, 2017.
   
“Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?”/“Too many handshakes” is a related cannibal joke.
   
     
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Puns of the Weak 12-3-99
Stan Kegel
12/4/99
(...)
Why did Jeffrey Dahmer keep a blender on his porch?
So he could greet visitors with a handshake (The Placebo Page)
 
Twitter
Spencer‏
@spencerpoops
A handshake means something completely different to a cannibal. #funnyjokesapp
1:25 PM - 20 Dec 2011
 
Twitter
TheRLB‏
@RyanBartlett21
A handshake means something completely different to a cannibal.
4:13 PM - 11 Jan 2012
 
Twitter
hurrydhal‏
@harryawesome14
Hahahaha. RT @afiq___: A cannibal just offered me a handshake.  It was okay, but it tasted more like a hand smoothie to me.
7:43 AM - 11 Feb 2012
 
Twitter
WhiteHouseNeedsEnema‏
@tomhensleyy
Never ask a cannibal for a handshake. #protip
2:17 PM - 20 May 2012
 
Twitter
Frank Barone‏
@Barone29Frank
A cannibal walked up to me and gave me a handshake.
It was quite delicious.
8:05 PM - 4 Apr 2013
 
Twitter
santino argenti‏
@tomdeets
Q: how did the cannibal greet his friend?
A: with a handshake :3
5:58 PM - 5 May 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
How does a cannibal say hello?
submitted May 25, 2017 by fatherjocular
He offers you a handshake.
 
Twitter
Anthony Garvone‏
@AnthonyGarvone
What is a customary greeting from a cannibal?
He presents you with a handshake.
6:43 PM - 25 May 2017

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