“Stay back 500 feet until I’ve had my coffee” is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images.
“Just put a sign on your car…DANGER Needs Coffee-Stay Back 500 Feet…” was posted on Twitter by Jim Burnes on March 29, 2011. “Stay back 500 feet. I haven’t had my coffee yet” was posted on Twitter by Brian Walters on February 26, 2014. “WARNING: STAY BACK 500FT UNTIL I’VE HAD MY COFFEE” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Fire Dept. Coffee on August 26, 2021. “Stay Back 500 Feet Until I’ve Had My Coffee” (shown on a T-shirt) was posted on Linkedin by Tran Hoai Kha on November 5, 2021.
Twitter
Jim Burnes
@Bahiaseed
@Erin_Brown Just put a sign on your car…DANGER Needs Coffee-Stay Back 500 Feet…
9:43 AM · Mar 29, 2011
Twitter
Brian Walters
@BrianWalters17
Stay back 500 feet. I haven’t had my coffee yet.
9:36 AM · Feb 26, 2014
Twitter
Log Mill
@Logan_J_Miller
PSA: Logan is tired and did not get his coffee this Morning! So he is a grumpy gills
STAY BACK 500 FEET
7:55 AM · Jan 14, 2019
Facebook
Fire Dept. Coffee
August 26, 2021 at 9:21AM ·
And even after I’ve had my coffee. Just to be safe.
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
WARNING
STAY BACK 500FT
UNTIL I’VE HAD
MY COFFEE.
Linkedin
Stay Back 500 Feet Until I’ve Had My Coffee Shirt
Tran Hoai Kha
General Manager at Marriott Marquis Houston
November 5, 2021
Twitter
Work Zone Coffee Company
@WorkZoneCoffee
⚠️ Stay back 500 feet until I’ve had my coffee. ⚠️
5:03 PM · Sep 8, 2022
Twitter
Sam🇺🇸
@firefighter9228
If there’s no coffee “Stay Back 500 Feet”. It’s for your own good!!
7:17 PM · May 15, 2023
Twitter
Coffee Quotes
@DoILoveCoffee
#coffee
(The following text is shown on a T-shirt.—ed.)
STAY BACK
500 FEET
UNTIL I’VE HAD MY COFFEE
6:45 AM · May 23, 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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