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 March 22, 2024
“I keep shouting out the names of castles. I think I’ve got Turrets”

Tourette syndrome shouldn’t be confused with “turret,” but there are jokes.
 
“I have developed Turrets Syndrome. I inappropriately and inadvertantly shout out names of castles and fortifications in public places” was posted on X/Twitter by That Eaton-Jones Fellow on October 13, 2011. “I can’t help shouting out the names of castles. I’ve got Turrets syndrome” was posted on X/Twitter by Jem Brookes on July 13, 2012. “I keep shouting out the names of castles….. I think I’ve got Turrets syndrome…” was posted on X/Twitter by The Dad Joke Man on February 16, 2018. “I keep shouting the names of castles. I think I’ve got Turrets” was posted on Sickipedia on March 21, 2024. 
     
“I keep randomly shouting out ‘Broccoli’ and ‘Cauliflower’—I think I might have florets” is a related joke.
       
 
Wiktionary: turret
Noun
turret
(plural turrets)
1. (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
2. (historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
 
Wikipedia: Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome or Tourette’s syndrome (abbreviated as TS or Tourette’s) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence. It is characterized by multiple movement (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. Common tics are blinking, coughing, throat clearing, sniffing, and facial movements.
       
X/Twitter
That Eaton-Jones Fellow
@BarnabyEJ
I have developed Turrets Syndrome. I inappropriately and inadvertantly shout out names of castles and fortifications in public places.
7:56 AM · Oct 13, 2011
   
X/Twitter
Jem Brookes
@Jem_Brookes
I can’t help shouting out the names of castles. I’ve got Turrets syndrome.
6:43 PM · Jul 13, 2012
   
X/Twitter
The Dad Joke Man
@DadJokeMan
I keep shouting out the names of castles….. I think I’ve got Turrets syndrome…
3:49 PM · Feb 16, 2018
   
X/Twitter
Tim Clarke
@timbo_clarke
Been to the doctors because I keep shouting out the names of castle parts when I talk.
He says I’ve got turrets.
3:41 PM · May 31, 2019
   
X/Twitter
Lord Steve of Toffeeland
@marrtoffee
I can’t stop shouting out the names of castle features.
I think I’ve got turrets.
2:59 AM · Aug 27, 2021
   
X/Twitter
Just call me Les ❤️🇪🇺
@lesmartin7
A friend of mine can’t help shouting out the names of different parts of castles.
He’s got Turrets Syndrome.
11:45 AM · Apr 7, 2023
 
Sickipedia   
stemeister99
March 21, 2024 -Wordplay-Wordplay
I keep shouting the names of castles.
I think I’ve got Turrets..
 
X/Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
I keep shouting out the names of castles.
I think I’ve got Turrets.
1:02 PM · Mar 21, 2024
 
X/Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I keep shouting the names of castles.
I think I’ve got Turrets…
5:44 PM · Mar 21, 2024

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