“I just can’t handle automatic doors”

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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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Entry from October 11, 2020

“I just can’t handle automatic doors”

Automatic doors open without touching them.

“I just can’t handle automatic doors” was posted on Twitter by David Lamb on June 3, 2019. “I JUST CAN’T HANDLE AUTOMATIC DOORS” was posted on Facebook by Indian Hills Community Sign on October 9, 2020.

Twitter
David Lamb
@fuselamb
I just can’t handle automatic doors.
#DadJokes
8:23 AM · Jun 3, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Facebook
Indian Hills Community Sign is at Indian Hills Community Center.
October 9, 2020 at 10:35 AM · Indian Hills, CO ·
I JUST CAN’T HANDLE AUTOMATIC DOORS

Facebook
Bryan Sheffar
October 9, 2020 at 11:29 PM ·
I just can’t handle automatic doors!

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YOU CAN’T HANDLE AUTOMATIC DOORS!
(An image from the “You can’t handle the truth!” line from the 1992 film A Few Good Men.—ed.)
Made by Der-UPS October 9, 2020
you can’t handle the truth automatic doors pun

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