“I filled up my tank with petrol this morning. Now, all my goldfish are dead” was posted on Twitter by Tina Blake on January 20, 2012. “I filled up my tank with petrol this morning” implies the gas tank of a car. However, the next line, with “goldfish,” shows that it’s an aquarium tank. The surprise second line is called a paraprosdokian.
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Tina Blake
@Teeen71
I filled up my tank with petrol this morning. Now, all my goldfish are dead.
10:15 AM · Jan 20, 2012
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jake sitnik
@itsjakesitnik
I filled up my tank with gas this morning… now all my goldfish are dead =(
9:21 PM · Apr 20, 2012
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Vutomi bya tika
@_StopSign_
I filled up my tank with petrol this morning… now all my goldfish are dead =(
9:12 PM · Apr 21, 2012
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Crap Jokes
@TheCrapJoker
I’ve just finished filling my tank with petrol..
Now all my goldfish are dead.
3:19 PM · Jun 9, 2015
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John Collins
@HolyDalek
I filled up my tank with petrol this morning.
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Now all my goldfish are dead.
1:49 PM · Apr 20, 2018
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Mike Pyett
@PyettDavid
I filled my tank up with petrol this morning.
Now all my goldfish are dead.
9:45 AM · Dec 3, 2022
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
Filled my tank with petrol this morning and now my goldfish are dead.
2:02 AM · May 7, 2023
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Jokes UK 🔞
@jokesuk
Filled my tank with petrol this morning and now my goldfish are dead!
2:13 AM · May 7, 2023
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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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