https://barrypopik.com/ An etymological dictionary of American words, names, quotations and phrases, including regional dictionaries of New York City, Florida, Oregon and Texas. en bapopik@aol.com Copyright 2026 2026-10-09T03:39:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/summary_why_is_new_york_called_the_big_apple https://barrypopik.com/blog/summary_why_is_new_york_called_the_big_apple Above, the header from the February 18, 1924 New York (NY) Morning Telegraph newspaper column of John J. Fitz Gerald. Click to see a portion of the column which includes his use of “Big Apple.” Part of a December 1, 1926 column is also available.          Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, where New York Morning Telegraph track writer John J. Fitz Gerald last lived. Google Maps. Dedicated, 1997. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.  Replaced with a green sign, July 2024.   Above, John J. Fitz Gerald (1892-1963), from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY)  Press, pg. 14.  Also see a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.   Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple restaurant/nightclub at West 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.   Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce “The Big Apple,” a hit song from 1937 for the “Big Apple” dance craze. 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 another 1937 “The Big Apple” song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra.     “WHY IS NEW YORK CITY CALLED THE BIG APPLE?”—SHORT SUMMARY:   “The Big Apple” (now the popular nickname of New York City) was the catchphrase of New York Morning Telegraph track writer John J. Fitz Gerald (1892-1963) in the 1920s. He explained “Big Apple” twice and it was the name of three of his columns. He picked up the term from African-American (“dusky,” he called them) stable hands at the Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans, probably on January 14, 1920.    John J. Fitz Gerald possibly first used “big apple” in print in the New York Morning Telegraph of May 3, 1921, when he wrote, “J. P. Smith, with Tippity Witchet and others of the L. T. Bauer string, is scheduled to start for ‘the big apple’ to-morrow.” Fitz Gerald’s first New York Morning Telegraph “Around the Big Apple” column, on February 18, 1924, proudly declared:  “The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There’s only one Big Apple. That’s New York.”  The “Big Apple” racing circuit had meant “the big time,” the place where the big money was to be won. Horses love apples, and apples were widely regarded as the mythical king of fruit. In contrast, the smaller, poorer tracks were called the “leaky roof circuit” or “bull ring” tracks. The five original New York tracks of the “Big Apple circuit” were Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, Empire City Race Track (now Yonkers Raceway), Jamaica Race Course (closed in 1959) and Saratoga Race Course.  “The Big Apple” became the name of a restaurant/nightclub in Harlem in 1934, and Harlem itself was referred to as “the Apple” at this time. A night club in Columbia, South Carolina also took the “Big Apple” name, and it was here that 1937’s short-lived national “Big Apple” dance craze began.   “The Big Apple” was revived in the 1970s by Charles Gillett (1915-1995), president of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau (later called NYC & Company and now New York City Tourism + Conventions). A 1976 ”“I’m crazy about the Big Apple” ad campaign by William E. (“Bill”) Phillips (1930-2018), of the advertising firm Oglivy & Mather, further popularized the nickname.  The origins of “the Big Apple” were solved in the 1990s by Gerald Cohen and Barry Popik.  A “Big Apple Corner” street sign was dedicated in 1997 at West 54th Street and Broadway, where Fitz Gerald last lived. The honorary street sign has been frequently stolen.        “THE BIG APPLE” WEBSITE INTRODUCTION (July 2004):  The African-American stablehand who first called New York City “the Big Apple” at the Fair Grounds Race Track in New Orleans has never been honored. Not by New York City. Not by New Orleans. This information is not even on the Fair Grounds web site. The stablehand doesn’t even have a name, mostly because almost no one has helped look for him.  The New York track writer who popularized “the Big Apple” in the 1920s is buried in an unmarked grave in Menands, New York. The “Big Apple” plaque that I put on the building at Broadway and West 54th Street in 1996 was quickly removed during renovations and has never been replaced. The historic “Big Apple” columns are nowhere on the web.  If you search the web looking for an answer about New York City’s nickname, you’ll probably be told that “the Big Apple” comes from whores (a hoax).  It is now the summer of 2004. “Big Apple” sculptures are about to be placed in front of NYC buildings. The Republicans will soon have their convention here. Thanks for reading this. If you want the stablehands honored at last, please write to the mayor. I doubt that he has any knowledge of the information on this site.    “BIG APPLE” ARTICLES:  PRE-1920sApples and HorsesBet a Big AppleBig Apples Are Top of the BarrelBig Time and Big TownLands of the Big Red ApplesBig Apple Township, Oregon County, Missouri (1895)Big Red Apple City, Wenatchee, Washington (1908)“The big apple gets a disproportionate share of the national sap” (1909)“The Great Big Red Apple that grows in the very top of the tree” (1917)  1920s: JOHN J. FITZ GERALD AND THE NEW YORK MORNING TELEGRAPH1920s Vaudeville/Ragtime “Big Apple” Citations1920s Non-Horseracing “Big Apple” CitationsNumerous 1920s ‘Big Apple” Citations in the New York Morning Telegraph“Big Apple” date?: January 15, 1920First “Big Apple” citation: May 3, 1921First “Big Apple” citation in New Orleans: July 17, 1921First “Big Apple” citation in Saratoga: March 10, 1922First “Big Apple” explanation: February 18, 1924Big Red Apple (sculpture in Cornelia, Georgia, 1926-present)Second “Big Apple” explanation: December 1, 1926Big Apple Circuit (five New York race tracks)1925-1929: “Big Apple” in The Inter-State TattlerBig Apple (Broadway, in columns by Walter Winchell and O. O. McIntyre, 1927-1928)1928: “On the Big Apple” column1931: “Around the Big Apple” column1963: John J. Fitz Gerald obituariesWitness (1998): Washington Post writer Shirley PovichWitness (2006): Joe Zito  1930s: JAZZING THE BIG APPLE“Big Apple” in the 1930s (Two clubs, plus song and dance)“Big Apple—the major tracks of the country” (1933)Big Apple (Harlem bar/restaurant, 1934)Big Apple kiosk (Mumbles, Swansea Bay, Wales, 1930s-present)Big Apple dance craze (1937)Big Apple cap or Big Apple hat (named after the dance, 1937-present)“Big Apple” (song by Bob Emmerich and Buddy Bernier, 1937)La Grosse Pomme (Paris nightclub, 1937-1938)Canned Apple (Big Apple dance + Can-Can dance, 1937)“I feel like doin’ a Big Apple” (Mae West on a 1937 radio show)Big Apple (football play at Davidson College, 1937)Big Apple Inn (Somerdale, NJ, 1937-1999)The Big Apple (Arcadia, MI restaurant, 1937-2020)Big Apple (drinks using applejack, 1938)“Apple” defined in Cab Calloway’s “Hepster’s Dictionary” (1938, 1944)Big Apple Restaurant (Covington, KY, 1938)Big Apple Cafe (Cincinnati, OH, 1938-1963)Big Apple Cafe (Shamokin, PA, 1938-1947)Big Apple Cafe (Calgary, Alberta, 1938-1940)Big Apple Supermarket (Georgia supermarket chain, 1939-1980)Big Apple Inn (Jackson, MS restaurant, 1939-present)1940s-1950s: ASSORTED BIG APPLE CITATIONS“Big Apple” in the 1940s-1950sBig Apple Cafe (Neosho, MO, 1940-1942)Big Apple (Fort Worth, TX barbecue restaurant, 1941-1968)Big Apple Shine Parlor (Harlem, 1942)“Big Apple” (Dan Burley’s Original Handbook of Harlem Jive, 1944)Big Apple Grocery Store (Harlem, 1945-1949)Big Apple (Yeaju-Dake Escarpment, Battle of Okinawa, 1945)Big Apple (supper club near Buffalo, NY, 1945-1976)Big Apple (USS Appalachian, 1946)Big Apple Concession (City Park in New Orleans, 1947-1949)“The Boys on the Big Apple” (Harper’s Bazaar article, May 1947)“Big Apple” (spoken by Frank Sinatra, 1950)The Big Apple (farm in Wrentham, Massachusetts, 1950-present)“Big Apple as mecca“ (Jet magazine, 1952)Big Apple Bar & Restaurant (New Orleans, 1952-1970s?)“New York is the Big Apple” (Stephen Longstreet’s The Real Jazz: Old and New, 1956)Bill Johnson’s Big Apple (Arizona restaurants, 1956-2015)Big Apple Cafe (Puryear, TN and Murray, KY, 1950s-present)“Big Apple” nightclub (The Three Faces of Eve film, 1957)Big Apple Restaurant (Asheville, NC, 1957-1991)“Big Apple” (Perry Mason, “The Case of the Jilted Jockey” episode, 1958)Big A (Aqueduct Racetrack nickname, 1959)“To the musicians playing it, New York is ‘The Big Apple‘” (New York Is book, 1959)      1960s: FUN CITYBig Apple (disco in Berlin, Germany. 1962-1979)Big Apple (club in Munich, Germany, 1963-1975)“Big Apple” (Robert S. Gold’s A Jazz Lexicon, 1964)“New York, the ‘Big Apple,’ the jazz mecca” (Hart’s Guide to New York City, 1964)“I had heard so much raving about ‘The Big Apple,’ as it was called” (Malcolm X, 1964)“Fun City” nickname (1966)“The Big Apple: Destination New York” (NBC-TV documentary, 1966)Appletown Sporting Goods (store in Harlem, 1966-2015)“New York has been the Big Apple for several decades (in jazz)” (New York Times, 1967)“Get back to the big apple” (Ebony magazine, 1968)“Big Apple” in East Village Other (1968-1971)“Big Apple” in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‘s novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)“New York’s the Big Apple, bub, the heaviest scene in the world” (Rolling Stone magazine, 1969)“Rapping about how the Big Apple is outta sight” (The Last Poets, 1969-1970)“New York, New York, the Big Apple” (The Last Poets, 1969-1970)        1970s: BIG APPLE REVIVALBig Apple 1970s Revival: Charlie Gillett and Lew RudinBig Apple (music venue in Brighton, UK, 1970-1971)Gwen Barrett and 1970s “Big Apple” campaign (1971)“Back in the Big Apple” (Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? play, 1971)Red Apple Supermarket (supermarket chain, 1971-present)“Some Great Sounds in the Big Apple” (Newport Jazz Festival, 1972)“Penguin at the Big Apple” (instrumental song by The Trammps, 1972)“The Big Apple” (instrumental song by Hugh Masekela, 1972)The Big Apple Band (1972-1977); Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1976)“Big Apple Dreamin‘“ (song by Alice Cooper, 1973)Big Apple Ball (charity ball, May 1973)Big Apple (Robinette’s Apple Haus, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1973-present)Big Apple Mini Storage (1974-present)Big Apple (convenience stores in Maine and New Hampshire, 1974-present)Big Apple (tourist information booth, Meaford, Ontario, Canada, 1974-present)“Big Apple” T-shirts from the Daily News (1975)Big Apple Comix (1975)“Save Grand Central. No more bites out of the Big Apple!” (1975)“Big Apple” lyric in the Lynyrd Skynyrd song “I’m a Country Boy” (1975)The Year the Big Apple Went Bust (book by Fred Ferretti, 1976)“Talking Big Apple ‘75” (song by Loudon Wainwright III, 1976)“I’m crazy about the Big Apple” (1976 ad campaign)Big Apple (official drink of the Belmont Stakes, 1976)Big Appling (to visit New York City, 1976)“Big Apple” lyric in the Joni Mitchell song “Song for Sharon” (1976)Apple Polisher & Polish the Apple (I Love a Clean New York campaign, 1976-1980)“From the Big Orange to the Big Apple” (Saturday Night Live film short, 1977)Big Apple Circus (1977-present)Big Apple (roller coaster at Astroland, Brooklyn, 1977-2008)Big Apple Cafe (Rochester, NY, 1977-2005)“Big Apple Blues” (song by Slade, 1977)“The Minnesota Night Hawks. I’m coaching. The Big Apple!” (Slap Shot film, 1977)“Big Apple” float (NY Daily News in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1977-2017)“B.A., Buenos Aires, Big Apple” (Evita musical, 1978)“Big Apple” lyric in The Rolling Stones song “Shattered” (1978)“Everybody bites on the Big Apple” lyric in the Cat Stevens song “New York Times” (1978)“Big Apple” (song by Molly Hatchet, 1978)Big Apple (roadside attraction in Thulimbah, Queensland, Australia, 1978-present)Big Apple Turnover (Ray Williams nickname on New York Knicks, 1979)The Big Apple Bash (Jay McShann album, 1979)“Big Apple Waltz” (song by Sweet, 1979)“Big Apple Rock” (disco song by Black Ivory, 1979)Dracula Bites the Big Apple (short film, 1979)Big Apple Copy Center (1979-present)Big Apple Moving & Storage (1979-present)Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps (marching band, 1979-present)Big Apple College Fair (1979-present)2005: Statement from a co-worker of Charles GillettOff Topic: Charles Gillett on Conventions    1970s-PRESENT: FALSE ETYMOLOGIESGovernor Stuyvesant’s Tree (pear, not apple)New Orange (not Big Orange; 1673-1674)Big Apple Whore Hoax (1800s; proposed 1995-2006)Chelsea Apple Orchard (1820s)Slave Codes (1850s)“New York is a sucked orange” (not Big Apple; Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860)Edward Martin metaphor (1909)Damon Runyon (who never used “Big Apple,” 1920s-1930s)Alain Locke and Harlem Renaissance as the “Big Apple” (1920s; suggested in 1988)Big Apple of Wathena, Kansas (1928-1940)Depression Apple Sellers (1930s)Harlem’s Jazz Musicians (1930s)Fletcher Henderson popularization of “the Big Apple” in the 1930sBig Apple dance craze (1937)La Grosse Pomme (Paris nightclub, 1937-1938)Cab Calloway’s “Hepster’s Dictionary” (1938, 1944)Big A (Aqueduct Racetrack nickname, 1959)Manzana Principal (suggested in 1966)New York City is shaped like an apple (1970s)There are many apples on the tree, but when you pick NYC, you pick the Big Apple (1975)Tightening of Adam’s Apple (suggested in 1978)Big Apple on New Year’s Eve Ball at One Times Square (1981-1988)New York State grows many apples (suggested in 1988)Five Apple Seeds, Five Boroughs (1990s?)Apple Store (2000s)An apple tree on every street (2013 movie explanation)“Big Apple” and the Dutch phrase, “to buy for an apple and an egg” (2020)“Why is New York City called ‘The Big Apple?’ Wrong answers only” (2021)Apple at the foot of the Statue of Liberty (2024) 1980s-PRESENT: BIG APPLE WORK BY GERALD COHEN, BARRY POPIK“Big Apple Rappin’” (rap by Spyder-D, 1980)Home Run Apple (Shea Stadium & Citi Field, 1980-present)Big Apple Pancake House (Chicago Heights and Joliet, IL, 1980-present)Big Apple Airline (New York Air nickname, 1980-1987)Big Apple Minute (WNEW-TV Channel 5, 1980-1987)Big Apple Movie (WNEW-TV Channel 5, 1981-1986)Big Apple logo for New York Urban League (1981-present)Big Apple City (Strawberry Shortcake animation, 1981)Big Apple on New Year’s Eve Ball at One Times Square (1981-1988)Big Apple Dyke News (1981-1988)La Gran Manzana (merengue band, 1982)“Apple” lyric in the Michael Jackson song “Human Nature” (1982)Apple Bank (renamed from Harlem Savings Bank, 1983-present)“Big Apple” (song by Kajagoogoo, 1983)Big Apple Flag (North American Vexillological Association, 1983)Big Apple Car, Inc. (1983-present)Big Apple Chorus (1983-present)The Big Apple (nightclub in El Paso, Texas, 1984-1986)N.Y.C. The Big Apple (Atari video game, 1984)The Big Apple (novel by Pat Booth, 1984)“The Big Apple” (Gimme a Break! episode, 1984)“Nueva York! New York City! The big apple!” (Against All Odds film, 1984)Big Apple logo for Javits Center (1985-present)Big Apple Bagels (Illinois bagel chain, 1985-present)Big Apple Pizza (Israeli pizza chain, 1986-present)“50K don’t get you to first base in the Big Apple” (Wall Street film, 1987)Big Apple logo for New York Cares (1987-present)Big Apple (roadside attraction in Colborne, Ontario, Canada, 1987-present)Big Apple Diner (Whitehall, NY, 1987-present)Big Apple bet (1988, 2003) between mayors of New York City and Columbia, South Carolina“Big Apple Blues” (The Facts of Life episode, 1988)Big Apple Awards (Public Relations Society of America-NY Chapter, 1988-present)“Big Apple” and Donald Trump (Fortune magazine photo, 1989)Big Apple book by Gerald Cohen, Barry Popik (1991. 2011)“Bite the Big Apple” (Murder, She Wrote episode, 1991)Big Apple Florist (1991-present)“Big Apple, 3 AM” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time video game, 1992)Big Apple Greeter (1992-present)Big Apple Meat Market (1992-present)Big Apple Corner (1992-1997)Big Apple on a hockey jersey (New York Rangers practice jersey, 1994)Big Apple Hostel (1994-2014)Big Apple Cafe & Big Apple Tourist Orchard (Bacchus Marsh, Australia, 1994-present)Big Apple Cafe & Event Centre (Waitomo, New Zealand, 1995-present)“God Bless New York City, My Big Apple Pie” (song by Y’all, 1995)“Big Bugs in the Big Apple” (James and the Giant Peach film, 1996)“The Big Apple Can Bite Me” (Cybill episode, 1996)Big Apple plaque (1996)Big Apple Comic Con (1996-present)Big Apple Corner (1997 Law & Today)Big Apple Corner (New York Morning Telegraph site)Big Apple Jazz Tours (1997-present)Big Apple Coaster (New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, 1997-present)Big Apple Pizza & Pasta (Florida pizza chain, 1997-present)Big Apple Stars Awards Program (Hotel Association of New York City, 1997-present)Big Apple Ranch (country-western dance lesson and party, 1997-present)“Bite the Big Apple” (The Devil’s Advocate film, 1997)“It’s the dream, the Big Apple” (Howard Stern’s Private Parts film, 1997)Big Apple (roller coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, Norfolk, UK, 1998-present)Big Apple Bank (Futurama episode, 1999)“Big Apple” query and Ask Jeeves search engine (1999)Big Apple (sculpture in Medina, New York, 2000-present)Big Apple Martini or Big Apple-tini (cocktail, 2000)“When you got to the Big Apple, they treated you like a worm” (Me, Myself & Irene film, 2000)Big Apple (pachinko parlors in Japan, 2000?-present)Big Apple (crime drama television series, 2001)Big Apple Anime Fest (2001-2003)Iso Omena (Finland’s “Big Apple” shopping center, 2001-present)“Bad Seed in the Big Apple” (Beyblade episode, 2003)Big Apple Roll (rollerblading event, 2003-present)Big Apple logo for Made in NYC (2003-present)Big Apple (brand of Schwalbe bicycle tires, 2003-present)Big Apple Innovation Awards (LISC NY, 2003-present)The Big Apple (bar in Ballyforan, Ireland, 2003?-present)The Apple (sculpture in Hudson River Park, 2004)Big Apple Film Festival (2004-present)Big Apple Fest (2004)Betsy Gotbaum and the fictional “Big Apple whores” (2004)Big Apple Fest (2005)Big Apple Shake (Johnny Rockets, 2005)Bacardi Big Apple (apple-flavored rum, 2005)Big Apple Mojito (cocktail, 2005)“It’s another fabulous morning in the Big Apple!” (Madagascar film, 2005)Harlem Big Apple Club plaque removed (2006)Big Apple (sculpture by Romero Britto, LaGuardia Airport, 2006-present)Big Apple Elevator Service and Consulting (2006-present)Big Apple Donuts & Coffee (Malaysia chain, 2007-present)Big Apple Music Awards (2007-2022)Infinity Apple (GreeNYC symbol, 2007)Apple—New York State Symbol (2007)Mr. Met And His Journey Through The Big Apple (children’s book by Aimee Aryal, 2008)Oxford English Dictionary “Big Apple” definition (2008)“New York. The Big Apple” (The Hurt Locker film, 2008)Big Apple (sculpture at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum, Japan, 2008-present)New York Nike LeBron 6 “Big Apple” sneaker (2008)“Big Apple” answer on “Final Jeopardy!” (2009)New York City’s Official Apple Proposal—Newtown Pippin (2009)“Pomme de New York” (Big Apple sculpture by Les Lalanne on Park Avenue and 52nd Street, 2009)“Big Apple” explained in a movie (Barney’s Version film, 2010)“The Big Apple” (Kate Plus 8 episode, 2010)Big Apple Hot Dogs (UK hot dogs, 2010-present)“Our trip to the Big Apple” (The Fairly Oddparents episode, 2011)Rising Apple (New York Mets blog, 2011-present)Big Apple (sculpture by Romero Britto, JFK Airport, 2011-present)Stephan Weiss Apple Awards (2011-2018)The Other Big Apple (Meaford, Ontario nickname, 2011-2014)“Big Apple is fantastic, but cuts you down to size” lyric in Nickelback’s “Kiss It Goodbye” (2011)Big Apple Fashioned (cocktail, 2012)Big Apple Church (Manhattan branch of New York City Church of Christ, 2012-present)Big Apple (cocktail with sake, 2013)Big Apple Showcase Day (race for New York-breds, 2013-present)Big Apple Awards (New York City public school teachers, 2013-present)The Big Apple Shopping Bazaar (Delray Beach, FL, 2013-present)Big Apple Blizzard (Dairy Queen dessert, 2014)Big Apple Hard Cider (2014-present)La Mela Reintegrata or The Apple Made Whole Again (Central Station, Milan, Italy, 2015-present)Apple Awards (Guides Association of New York City, 2015-present)“The Kid from the Big Apple” (two films, 2015 and 2017)“Big Apple or Die Tryin‘“ (Pee-wee’s Big Holiday film, 2016)“The Girl Who Went To The Big Apple” (Asia’s Next Top Model episode, 2016)“Wow! BoJack and Todd in the Big Apple!” (BoJack Horseman episode, 2016)“The Big Apple” (Strut episode, 2016)Big Apple Shoot Out (horse show event, 2016-present)The Big Apple (restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2016-present)Big Apple Ball (Donald Trump Presidential Inauguration, 2017)Big Apple Mall (Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines, 2018-present)“The Big Apple Bites” (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode, 2018)Big Apple of New England (Johnny Appleseed Visitors Center, Lancaster, MA, 2019-present)Big Apple Turnover (Daniel Jones nickname on New York Giants, 2019)Big Apple Turnover (Julius Randle nickname on New York Knicks, 2019)“Are there doctors in New York since it’s called the Big Apple?” (2019)“Big Apple” basketball logo (Big Apple Athletics, 2019; Aimé Leon Dore, 2020)Bigger Apple (Manhattan Institute newsletter, 2020-present)Big Apple Sauce (The Sauce episode in New York City, 2020)“Big Apple” on NPR’s “Ask Me Another” (2020)Big Apple cannabis (2020)Big Apple Doughnut (Krispy Kreme donut, 2020)Big Apple Compost (2020-present)“Back in the Big Apple” (The Real Housewives of New York City episode, 2021)“Big Apple” (Tom and Jerry in New York animated episode, 2021)“What’s a Met Gala?”/“A type of apple found in New York. Also why it’s called the Big Apple” (2021)Big Apple (city ornament of Columbia, SC, 2021)“Big Apple” T-shirt by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2021)Big Apple sculpture (Bella Abzug Park and Dante Park, 2021-2022)Big Apple Corner (sign stolen, 2021-2024)“Mad Apple” (Cirque du Soleil show at New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, 2022-2026)The Big Apple (ice cream shake at Forty Deuce in Columbus, OH, 2022)“Big Apple” answer in Jeopardy! game show (2022)Big Apple (act on America’s Got Talent, 2022)Big Apple Sauce (Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner nickname on New York Jets, 2022)“Big Apple, 3 PM” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge video game, 2022)Big Apple Connect (free high-speed internet and basic cable TV, 2022)The Queer Big Apple Corps (marching band, 2022-present)“We’re taking a bite out of the Big Apple tonight” (Blue’s Big City Adventure film, 2022)La Gran Manzana (sculpture opposite Radio City Music Hall, 2022)Gala “Big Apple” mascot (Metro Ink, 2023)Big Apple Pierogi (Veselka Restaurant pierogi, 2023)Big Apple Ballers Stadium (Spider-Man 2 video game, 2023)Meet at the Apple (New York Mets podcast, 2024-)“Big Apple” (painting by Vladimir Kush, 2024)“NY is no longer called the Big Apple. It is now called the Rotten Apple!” (artwork, 2024)“Big Flavor in The Big Apple” (New York Apple Association ad campaign, 2024)Big Apple Village (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto #1 comic miniseries, 2024)“The Big Apple” (Korean comics or manhwa, 2024)Big Apples (Hudson Valley Renegades baseball team logo, 2024)“Is New York called the Big Apple because everyone living there is fruity?” (2024)“Big Apple” explained (“Countdown” UK game show, 2025)Big Apple (Hozea Massiah, Toronto hip-hop figure, 1971-2025)“The Dead Apple” (hip-hop track by Reason, 2025)Big Apples Fest (fall festival sponsored by Hudson Valley Renegades baseball team, 2025-present)Big Red Apple (red/communist + Big Apple, 2025)Red Apple (red/communist + Big Apple, 2025)Apple Stand (“Big Apple” art exhibit, 2025)Big Apple Triathlon (2026-present)“Big Apple” rap on Sesame Street (2026)LEGO’s New York City—The Big Apple (2026)“Big Apple” on New York City’s Office of the Mayor logo (2026)“Big Apple” design in New York City’s “key to the city” (2026)Operation Rotten Apple (ICE arrests in New York, 2026)Big Apple Bonus (rewards for owners and trainers to enter horses at Belmont Park, 2026)Google censorship of BarryPopik.com, “The Big Apple”“Big Apple” Cohen-Popik Work on Television (?)“Big Apple” Fame and Fortune (?)  “LITTLE APPLE” AND OTHER NICKNAMESIndianappleis & “Move over New York. Apple is our middle name” (Indianapolis, Indiana)Little Apple (Ithaca, New York)Little Apple (Manhattan, Kansas)Little Apple (Roosevelt Island, New York City)Little Apple (Toronto, Canada)Little Apple (Yonkers, New York)Mini-Apple or Minneapple (Minneapolis, Minnesota) “BIG APPLE” IN THE MEDIAThe Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 13, 1972Daily News (New York, NY), June 20, 1973Daily News (New York, NY), September 11, 1973Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, HI), May 11, 1975Miami Herald (Miami, FL), May 22, 1975Boston Globe (Boston, MA), December 7, 1975The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA), April 30, 1978The New York Times (New York, NY), July 5, 1978The New York Times (New York, NY), July 12, 1978The New York Times (New York, NY), July 19, 1978Staten Island Advance (Staten Island, NY), November 12, 1978“Dear Abby” by Abigail Van Buren, September 3, 1982New York Post (New York, NY), May 22, 1986 (GenealogyBank.com)New York Post (New York, NY), May 30, 1986 (GenealogyBank.com)“Dear Abby” by Abigail Van Buren, May 12, 1988“Dear Abby” by Abigail Van Buren, August 2, 1988The New York Times (New York, NY), August 22, 1988The New York Times (New York, NY), February 1, 1989Newsday (New York, NY), April 2, 1992The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY), October 22, 1992 (GenealogyBank.com)Irish America, January/February 1994 (not online)New York Post (New York, NY), October 18, 1995 (GenealogyBank.com)The New York Times (New York, NY), December 6, 1995Newsday (Hempstead, NY), December 7, 1995“Dear Abby” by Abigail Van Buren, January 10, 1997 (with answers from 1988)New York Post (New York, NY), January 30, 1997 (GenealogyBank.com)“Dear Abby” by Abigail Van Buren, February 19, 1997The Word Detective, October 17, 1997New York Amsterdam News (New York, NY), July 30, 1998 (ProQuest)The Straight Dope, September 17, 1999Voice of America, March 24, 2002Gothamist, July 22, 2004The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario), August 14, 2004The New York Times (New York, NY), August 29, 2004The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario), September 4, 2004The New York Times (New York, NY), July 8, 2009Parade, October 2, 2013amNY (New York, NY), April 11, 2014Slate (Lexicon Valley), September 8, 20156sqft (New York, NY), April 13, 2017Untapped Cities (New York City), July 5, 2017AFRO (Baltimore, MD), February 16, 2018The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), September 23, 2018The Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2020Gothamist (New York, NY), January 21, 2020WNYC (New York, NY), January 21, 2020Daily Mail (London, UK), January 22, 2020The Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2020Harlem Bespoke, November 23, 2020Daily News (New York, NY), May 3, 2021 (Tweeted by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio,)CBS Mornings, May 8, 2021La Voce di New York, September 10, 2022Fox 5 (New York, NY), January 31, 2024Untapped Cities (New York City), February 16, 2024@100YearsAgoNews, February 18, 2024Diario AS, March 21, 2024WRRV (Hudson Valley, NY), August 14, 2024Apples & People, August 16, 2024PIX11 (New York, NY), September 12, 2024Houston Style Magazine (Houston, TX), May 13, 2025Houston Style Magazine (Houston, TX), May 29, 2025 “BIG APPLE” ON WEBSITESWikipedia—“Big Apple”Wikipedia—“54th Street (Manhattan)”Wiktionary—“Big Apple”New York Public LibraryWorld Wide WordsWord OriginsMental FlossThoughtCo.WorldAtlasCity NicknamesSecret NYCGotta Love New YorkMinted NYCClassic New York HistoryNew York City AdvisorNew YorkNew-York ForeverNYBRISKBig Apple SecretsSparkly Maid NYCRent Own Sell—New YorkVisit New YorkEpicenter NYCMuseum of the City of New York (from 1998)NY.com (from 1999)NewYork.comStreetEasyVocalAmerica ExplainedThe MarginalianToday I Found OutToday I Found Out (video)Yeow’s PodcastHowStuffWorksHotBotFlavor365SlaylebrityTravel & Culture SalonHistory ChannelBritannicaDictionary.comUrban DictionaryPhrase Finder“BIG APPLE” ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIAWikipedia (Armenian)Wikipedia (Bangla/Bengali)Wikipedia (Basque)Wikipedia (Chinese—Traditional)Wikipedia (Croatian)Wikipedia (Dutch)Wikipedia (Estonian)Wikipedia (French)Wikipedia (Georgian)Wikipedia (German)Wikipedia (Indonesian)Wikipedia (Italian)Wikipedia (Japanese)Wikipedia (Korean)Wikipedia (Latvian)Wikipedia (Malayalam)Wikipedia (Norwegian)Wikipedia (Persian)Wikipedia (Portuguese)Wikipedia (Russian)Wikipedia (Spanish)Wikipedia (Turkish)Wikipedia (Ukrainian) New York City, The Big Apple, 2004-07-05T15:43:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/life-tried-to-chew-me-up-and-shit-me-out https://barrypopik.com/blog/life-tried-to-chew-me-up-and-shit-me-out “Life tried to chew me up and shit me out, but I’m built like ,orn” is a saying that has been printed on many images. Some corn comes out of one’s system, undigested. The saying means that the speaker is tough and will survive.     “Old man at the job said ’ Life has chewed me up and shit me out… but I’m built like corn mf’ 😂😂” was posted on X/Twitter by Wizard Kelly 💫 on June 25, 2022. “Life tried to chew me up and shit me out but I’m built like corn” was posted on X/Twitter by wtf_chewy_bar on August 2, 2022. Authorship of the saying is unknown.     X/Twitter Wizard Kelly 💫 @kierstonblack1 Old man at the job said “ Life has chewed me up and shit me out… but I’m built like corn mf” 😂😂 10:10 AM · Jun 25, 2022   X/Twitter Tasha Bomar @TashaBomar Life keeps chewing me up and shitting me out, but I’m built like corn. 9:17 AM · Aug 1, 2022   X/Twitter wtf_chewy_bar @wtf_bar Life tried to chew me up and shit me out but I’m built like corn 1:52 AM · Aug 2, 2022       X/Twitter Menace To Society @M3N4ceTOsociety Life tried to chew me up and shit me out but I’m built like corn. 1:33 AM · Aug 19, 2022     Bluesky 🎃 Eric M Hunter🎃 @ericmhunter.com The world chews me up and spits me out. But I’m built like corn. 2:29 PM · Aug 30, 2023   X/Twitter Hari Shawntay @BigBodyHari Life tried to chew me up and shit me out but I’m built like Corn 12:34 AM · Oct 3, 2026 New York City, Food/Drink, 2026-10-09T03:39:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/some-people-are-the-human-equivalent-of-the-liquid https://barrypopik.com/blog/some-people-are-the-human-equivalent-of-the-liquid “Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first” is a saying that has been printed on many images. Almost no one likes that liquid.   “Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first” was posted on Facebook by No Snitches Allowed on February 20, 2026, and this received over 4,600 likes.         Facebook No Snitches Allowed February 20, 2026 at 10:46 AM · Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first.       X/Twitter AMERICAN BADASS 🇺🇲 @ABadassPatriot Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first. 10:31 AM · Feb 21, 2026   X/Twitter Helga Von Tippler @DanaLeaB1 Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first. 7:52 PM · Feb 21, 2026   Bluesky 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 - 𝐓𝐇𝐌 @tomhicksmedia.bsky.social Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first. 4:58 PM · Feb 22, 2026   X/Twitter Kay @bytschet some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of a mustard bottle first 1:35 PM · Feb 27, 2026   Facebook All You Can Eat August 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM · 😂 😂 (“Some people are the human equivalent of the liquid that comes out of the mustard bottle first” is shown on an image.—ed.) New York City, Food/Drink, 2026-10-09T03:39:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/entry-in-progress-bp403 https://barrypopik.com/blog/entry-in-progress-bp403 Entry in progress—BP403 2026-10-09T03:38:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/entry-in-progress-bp402 https://barrypopik.com/blog/entry-in-progress-bp402 Entry in progress—BP402 2026-10-09T03:37:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/entry-in-progress-bp401 https://barrypopik.com/blog/entry-in-progress-bp401 Entry in progress—BP401 2026-10-09T03:37:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/we-need-a-take-your-friend-to-work-day-i-want-to-see https://barrypopik.com/blog/we-need-a-take-your-friend-to-work-day-i-want-to-see There is such a thing as “Take your daughter to work day,” but why not a “Take your friend to work day”?   “there should be a ‘take your friend to work day’ so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories” was posted on X/Twitter by anu on November 28, 2023, and this received over 245,000 likes. “We need a ‘Take Your Friend to Work Day.’ I want to see what y’all actually do and meet the people from all the stories” was posted on X/Twitter by zen on October 7, 2026, and this received over 20,000 likes.           Wikipedia: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, sometimes termed Take Your Child to Work Day, is an annual event in the United States where parents are encouraged to take their children to work and teach them about what they do. It was established in 1993 by the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization. It is the successor to Take Our Daughters to Work Day, which aimed to make girls visible in the workplace; it was expanded to include boys in 2003. In the U.S., it occurs on the fourth Thursday in April every year.     X/Twitter Monster @Monster Take a Friend to Work Day?...maybe not 😊 Check out our new Monster.com TV Spot http://bit.ly/17bZ7o 12:52 PM · Sep 17, 2009   X/Twitter Campaign @Campaignmag Monster ‘take your friend to work day’ by BBDO New York: BBDO New York has launched two new spots for job search.. http://bit.ly/uN0fR 6:36 AM · Sep 24, 2009       X/Twitter Januz @Nuz_Khalifa I wish there was like a “take your friend” to work day 1:04 PM · Dec 9, 2017   X/Twitter anu @anuatluru there should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories 11:09 PM · Nov 28, 2023 ·  X/Twitter 102.1 The Edge @the_edge Do you ever feel like your friends don’t understand your job? TAKE YOUR FRIEND TO WORK DAY!! - @koltertalks & @caseyjoloos (“There should be a ‘take your friend to work day’ so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories,” a tweet from a tweet from anu @anuatluru, is shown.—ed.) 5:23 PM · Nov 30, 2023 ·  X/Twitter Bob Kostic @causticbob there should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories 6:10 PM · Dec 9, 2023   Facebook Sarcastic Mama 2 February 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM · There should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories.   X/Twitter Gaurav Ragtah @gragtah there should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories 11:39 PM · Sep 22, 2025   X/Twitter zen @zentwo0 We need a “Take Your Friend to Work Day.” I want to see what y’all actually do and meet the people from all the stories 4:33 AM · Oct 7, 2026 New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T17:55:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-went-to-a-sign-writer-today-and-ordered-a-six-foot-a https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-went-to-a-sign-writer-today-and-ordered-a-six-foot-a A “big ask” is a big request made of someone—a “big favor” to do a big, important job. This doesn’t mean literally that the letters A-S-K are printed large, but there are several forms of this joke. This was posted on Facebook by Gayna Cooper on January 12, 2017:     I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask…”     Facebook Gayna Cooper January 12, 2017 at 2:10 PM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask…”   X/Twitter WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ @SarcasmLiving I went to the sign writers and ordered a 6 foot A a six foot S and a six foot K. He said ” I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask” 9:02 AM · Feb 7, 2017 X/Twitter Lily and Daisy #lilsod #lilbugger @Greyhounds_PZ I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask !!..” #lilsod 12:20 AM · Jan 11, 2018   X/Twitter Jak ⭐️⭐️ @blindjak I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 4:42 AM · Jan 10, 2019   Facebook cucumber · Jonathan Deakin · January 10, 2020 at 5:06 AM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask.   Facebook MEL’S JOKES GROUP · Mel Menelaou · May 19, 2021 at 3:34 AM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…”   Facebook Home Groan Dad Jokes October 10, 2022 at 5:32 AM · I went to a sign writer today and ordered a six foot A, a six foot S and a six foot K to be delivered this afternoon. He said ‘That’s a big ask’.   Facebook  Words, Words, Words: Puns and Wordplay · Mel Menelaou · March 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM · I went into my local printers this morning and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 🫠   X/Twitter Robert Wilkinson @robertwlk I popped into our local printers this morning and said, ” I need a 7 foot A, a 7 foot S and a 7 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow “, He said, ” I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask.” 1:50 AM · Jun 16, 2025   Facebook The Chic Murray Face Book Appreciation Society Mel Menelaou · September 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM · So I went into my local printers this afternoon and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 😁🖨️🙆🏻‍♂️     Threads njt859105 09/27/26 I went into my local print shop today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow please” The man at the desk said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a really big ask…”   X/Twitter LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85 I went into my local print shop this afternoon and said, “I need a 6-foot A, a 6-foot S, and a 6-foot K, and I need them by tomorrow.” The guy said, “I’ll see what I can do, but that’s a pretty big ask…” 4:25 PM · Oct 5, 2026 New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T17:33:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-went-into-my-local-printers-today-and-said-i-need https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-went-into-my-local-printers-today-and-said-i-need A “big ask” is a big request made of someone—a “big favor” to do a big, important job. This doesn’t mean literally that the letters A-S-K are printed large, but there are several forms of this joke. This was posted on Facebook by Gayna Cooper on January 12, 2017:     I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask…”     Facebook Gayna Cooper January 12, 2017 at 2:10 PM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask…”   X/Twitter WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ @SarcasmLiving I went to the sign writers and ordered a 6 foot A a six foot S and a six foot K. He said ” I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask” 9:02 AM · Feb 7, 2017 X/Twitter Lily and Daisy #lilsod #lilbugger @Greyhounds_PZ I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask !!..” #lilsod 12:20 AM · Jan 11, 2018   X/Twitter Jak ⭐️⭐️ @blindjak I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 4:42 AM · Jan 10, 2019   Facebook cucumber · Jonathan Deakin · January 10, 2020 at 5:06 AM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask.   Facebook MEL’S JOKES GROUP · Mel Menelaou · May 19, 2021 at 3:34 AM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…”   Facebook Home Groan Dad Jokes October 10, 2022 at 5:32 AM · I went to a sign writer today and ordered a six foot A, a six foot S and a six foot K to be delivered this afternoon. He said ‘That’s a big ask’.   Facebook  Words, Words, Words: Puns and Wordplay · Mel Menelaou · March 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM · I went into my local printers this morning and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 🫠   X/Twitter Robert Wilkinson @robertwlk I popped into our local printers this morning and said, ” I need a 7 foot A, a 7 foot S and a 7 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow “, He said, ” I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask.” 1:50 AM · Jun 16, 2025   Facebook The Chic Murray Face Book Appreciation Society Mel Menelaou · September 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM · So I went into my local printers this afternoon and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 😁🖨️🙆🏻‍♂️     Threads njt859105 09/27/26 I went into my local print shop today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow please” The man at the desk said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a really big ask…”   X/Twitter LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85 I went into my local print shop this afternoon and said, “I need a 6-foot A, a 6-foot S, and a 6-foot K, and I need them by tomorrow.” The guy said, “I’ll see what I can do, but that’s a pretty big ask…” 4:25 PM · Oct 5, 2026 New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T17:28:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-went-into-my-local-print-shop-this-afternoon-and-said-i-need https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-went-into-my-local-print-shop-this-afternoon-and-said-i-need A “big ask” is a big request made of someone—a “big favor” to do a big, important job. This doesn’t mean literally that the letters A-S-K are printed large, but there are several forms of this joke. This was posted on Facebook by Gayna Cooper on January 12, 2017:     I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask…”     Facebook Gayna Cooper January 12, 2017 at 2:10 PM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask…”   X/Twitter WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ @SarcasmLiving I went to the sign writers and ordered a 6 foot A a six foot S and a six foot K. He said ” I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask” 9:02 AM · Feb 7, 2017 X/Twitter Lily and Daisy #lilsod #lilbugger @Greyhounds_PZ I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask !!..” #lilsod 12:20 AM · Jan 11, 2018   X/Twitter Jak ⭐️⭐️ @blindjak I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 4:42 AM · Jan 10, 2019   Facebook cucumber · Jonathan Deakin · January 10, 2020 at 5:06 AM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask.   Facebook MEL’S JOKES GROUP · Mel Menelaou · May 19, 2021 at 3:34 AM · I went into my local printers today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…”   Facebook Home Groan Dad Jokes October 10, 2022 at 5:32 AM · I went to a sign writer today and ordered a six foot A, a six foot S and a six foot K to be delivered this afternoon. He said ‘That’s a big ask’.   Facebook  Words, Words, Words: Puns and Wordplay · Mel Menelaou · March 23, 2024 at 2:30 PM · I went into my local printers this morning and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 🫠   X/Twitter Robert Wilkinson @robertwlk I popped into our local printers this morning and said, ” I need a 7 foot A, a 7 foot S and a 7 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow “, He said, ” I’ll see what I can do, but it’s a big ask.” 1:50 AM · Jun 16, 2025   Facebook The Chic Murray Face Book Appreciation Society Mel Menelaou · September 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM · So I went into my local printers this afternoon and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow”. He said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a big ask…” 😁🖨️🙆🏻‍♂️     Threads njt859105 09/27/26 I went into my local print shop today and said, “I need a 6 foot A, a 6 foot S and a 6 foot K, and I need them by tomorrow please” The man at the desk said, “I’ll see what I can do but it’s a really big ask…”   X/Twitter LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85 I went into my local print shop this afternoon and said, “I need a 6-foot A, a 6-foot S, and a 6-foot K, and I need them by tomorrow.” The guy said, “I’ll see what I can do, but that’s a pretty big ask…” 4:25 PM · Oct 5, 2026 New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T09:19:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/im-going-to-start-being-assertive-as-long https://barrypopik.com/blog/im-going-to-start-being-assertive-as-long “I’m going to be more assertive, if that’s OK/okay with you” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s okay with you” was posted on X/Twitter by someecards on February 23, 2011, although the ecard reads, “I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s OK with you.”   “I’m going to start being assertive, as long as that’s ok with everyone” was posted on X/Twitter by Alice Mills on October 7, 2026, and this received over 2,400 likes.     X/Twitter someecards @someecards I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s okay with you. someecards.com I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s OK with you. Free and Funny Thinking Of You Ecard: I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s OK with you. Create and send your own custom Thinking Of You ecard. 5:48 PM · Feb 23, 2011   X/Twitter Luke Pamer @LukePamer I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s ok with you. 12:11 AM · Dec 31, 2014   X/Twitter efan @ugly_giant I’m going to start being more assertive, if that’s okay with you guys. 7:54 PM · Mar 20, 2016   X/Twitter Geri Seiberling @geriwithetc “I’m going to start being more assertive now if that’s ok with you.” Ahem. On assertiveness. http://ow.ly/Idha30bCuRj @bakadesuyo 5:15 PM · May 11, 2017   X/Twitter Doc Johnny Fever🎙 @NikiMarinis I’m going to start being more assertive, if that’s OK with you. 8:34 PM · Feb 25, 2024   Facebook Georg Warnecke January 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM · i’m going to start being more assertive if that’s ok with you.   X/Twitter Alice Mills @millsalice144 I’m going to start being assertive, as long as that’s ok with everyone. 9:06 AM · Oct 7, 2026   Facebook Dave Trepanier October 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM · I’m going to start being assertive, as long as that’s ok with everyone New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T03:56:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/im-going-to-start-being-more-assertive-if-thats-ok https://barrypopik.com/blog/im-going-to-start-being-more-assertive-if-thats-ok “I’m going to be more assertive, if that’s OK/okay with you” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s okay with you” was posted on X/Twitter by someecards on February 23, 2011, although the ecard reads, “I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s OK with you.”   “I’m going to start being assertive, as long as that’s ok with everyone” was posted on X/Twitter by Alice Mills on October 7, 2026, and this received over 2,400 likes.     X/Twitter someecards @someecards I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s okay with you. someecards.com I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s OK with you. Free and Funny Thinking Of You Ecard: I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s OK with you. Create and send your own custom Thinking Of You ecard. 5:48 PM · Feb 23, 2011   X/Twitter Luke Pamer @LukePamer I’m going to start being more assertive if that’s ok with you. 12:11 AM · Dec 31, 2014   X/Twitter efan @ugly_giant I’m going to start being more assertive, if that’s okay with you guys. 7:54 PM · Mar 20, 2016   X/Twitter Geri Seiberling @geriwithetc “I’m going to start being more assertive now if that’s ok with you.” Ahem. On assertiveness. http://ow.ly/Idha30bCuRj @bakadesuyo 5:15 PM · May 11, 2017   X/Twitter Doc Johnny Fever🎙 @NikiMarinis I’m going to start being more assertive, if that’s OK with you. 8:34 PM · Feb 25, 2024   Facebook Georg Warnecke January 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM · i’m going to start being more assertive if that’s ok with you.   X/Twitter Alice Mills @millsalice144 I’m going to start being assertive, as long as that’s ok with everyone. 9:06 AM · Oct 7, 2026   Facebook Dave Trepanier October 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM · I’m going to start being assertive, as long as that’s ok with everyone New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T03:56:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/due-to-personal-reasons-i-need-more-money https://barrypopik.com/blog/due-to-personal-reasons-i-need-more-money “Due to personal reasons, I need…” is a meme. “Due to personal reasons, I need a hug” is one popular version of the meme. Another version involves money.   “Due to personal reasons I need money” was posted on X/Twitter by Boitshoko Kalebe on April 3, 2019. “due to personal reasons I need money” was posted on X/Twitter by z4hr4 on April 3, 2019.   “Due to personal reasons, I need More money” was posted on X/Twitter by Bwalya Bruno Chisambo™ 🇿🇲 on May 22, 2021. “due to personal reasons i need more money” was posted on X/Twitter by Riċ on October 6, 2026, and this received over 93,000 likes.         X/Twitter    Boitshoko Kalebe @Tshoki_Kalebe Due to personal reasons I need money 4:10 AM · Apr 3, 2019   X/Twitter z4hr4 @zaa_mohamedd due to personal reasons I need money 10:14 AM · Apr 3, 2019   X/Twitter De bently @jemiela13 Due to personal reasons, I need money 🤦‍♀️😐 Quote Opeyemi Alonge 🎨🇨🇦🇳🇬 @abramopex1 Aug 14, 2019 Due to personal reasons, I need a hug 🥺 6:12 PM · Aug 14, 2019   X/Twitter  Bwalya Bruno Chisambo ™ 🇿🇲 @Bruno0592 Due to personal reasons, I need More money. 1:57 PM · May 22, 2021   Facebook Ahmed Bature Visual Storyteller May 23, 2021 at 3:21 AM · Due to personal reasons, I need money😣   X/Twitter Peter K. Jr. 𝕏 @Peter_Kays Due to personal reasons I still need more money in this life 6:49 PM · Jun 27, 2021   X/Twitter Aina Alya @theonlyaina due to personal reasons I need more money im not a beggar but give me money https://x.com/pixyIuvr/statu/pixyIuvr/status/1419427947468009472 11:00 AM · Jul 26, 2021   Facebook I’m second thought I’ll keep you September 4, 2021 at 4:56 PM · Due to personal reasons, I need money   X/Twitter Peter K. Jr. 𝕏 @Peter_Kays Due to personal reasons, i need more money 😏 10:22 AM · Sep 19, 2021   X/Twitter Admire Nabanza @AdmireNabanza due to personal reasons i need more money 12:22 PM · Oct 14, 2022   Facebook Casual Posting February 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM · due to personal reasons I had complete control over, i need money   X/Twitter Riċ @ricblurs due to personal reasons i need more money 10:47 AM · Oct 6, 2026 New York City, Banking/Finance/Insurance, 2026-10-08T03:55:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/due-to-personal-reasons-i-need-money https://barrypopik.com/blog/due-to-personal-reasons-i-need-money “Due to personal reasons, I need…” is a meme. “Due to personal reasons, I need a hug” is one popular version of the meme. Another version involves money.   “Due to personal reasons I need money” was posted on X/Twitter by Boitshoko Kalebe on April 3, 2019. “due to personal reasons I need money” was posted on X/Twitter by z4hr4 on April 3, 2019.   “Due to personal reasons, I need More money” was posted on X/Twitter by Bwalya Bruno Chisambo™ 🇿🇲 on May 22, 2021. “due to personal reasons i need more money” was posted on X/Twitter by Riċ on October 6, 2026, and this received over 93,000 likes.         X/Twitter    Boitshoko Kalebe @Tshoki_Kalebe Due to personal reasons I need money 4:10 AM · Apr 3, 2019   X/Twitter z4hr4 @zaa_mohamedd due to personal reasons I need money 10:14 AM · Apr 3, 2019   X/Twitter De bently @jemiela13 Due to personal reasons, I need money 🤦‍♀️😐 Quote Opeyemi Alonge 🎨🇨🇦🇳🇬 @abramopex1 Aug 14, 2019 Due to personal reasons, I need a hug 🥺 6:12 PM · Aug 14, 2019   X/Twitter  Bwalya Bruno Chisambo ™ 🇿🇲 @Bruno0592 Due to personal reasons, I need More money. 1:57 PM · May 22, 2021   Facebook Ahmed Bature Visual Storyteller May 23, 2021 at 3:21 AM · Due to personal reasons, I need money😣   X/Twitter Peter K. Jr. 𝕏 @Peter_Kays Due to personal reasons I still need more money in this life 6:49 PM · Jun 27, 2021   X/Twitter Aina Alya @theonlyaina due to personal reasons I need more money im not a beggar but give me money https://x.com/pixyIuvr/statu/pixyIuvr/status/1419427947468009472 11:00 AM · Jul 26, 2021   Facebook I’m second thought I’ll keep you September 4, 2021 at 4:56 PM · Due to personal reasons, I need money   X/Twitter Peter K. Jr. 𝕏 @Peter_Kays Due to personal reasons, i need more money 😏 10:22 AM · Sep 19, 2021   X/Twitter Admire Nabanza @AdmireNabanza due to personal reasons i need more money 12:22 PM · Oct 14, 2022   Facebook Casual Posting February 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM · due to personal reasons I had complete control over, i need money   X/Twitter Riċ @ricblurs due to personal reasons i need more money 10:47 AM · Oct 6, 2026 New York City, Banking/Finance/Insurance, 2026-10-08T03:55:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/there-should-be-a-take-your-friend-to-work-day-so-we-can-actually https://barrypopik.com/blog/there-should-be-a-take-your-friend-to-work-day-so-we-can-actually There is such a thing as “Take your daughter to work day,” but why not a “Take your friend to work day”?   “there should be a ‘take your friend to work day’ so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories” was posted on X/Twitter by anu on November 28, 2023, and this received over 245,000 likes. “We need a ‘Take Your Friend to Work Day.’ I want to see what y’all actually do and meet the people from all the stories” was posted on X/Twitter by zen on October 7, 2026, and this received over 20,000 likes.           Wikipedia: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, sometimes termed Take Your Child to Work Day, is an annual event in the United States where parents are encouraged to take their children to work and teach them about what they do. It was established in 1993 by the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization. It is the successor to Take Our Daughters to Work Day, which aimed to make girls visible in the workplace; it was expanded to include boys in 2003. In the U.S., it occurs on the fourth Thursday in April every year.     X/Twitter Monster @Monster Take a Friend to Work Day?...maybe not 😊 Check out our new Monster.com TV Spot http://bit.ly/17bZ7o 12:52 PM · Sep 17, 2009   X/Twitter Campaign @Campaignmag Monster ‘take your friend to work day’ by BBDO New York: BBDO New York has launched two new spots for job search.. http://bit.ly/uN0fR 6:36 AM · Sep 24, 2009       X/Twitter Januz @Nuz_Khalifa I wish there was like a “take your friend” to work day 1:04 PM · Dec 9, 2017   X/Twitter anu @anuatluru there should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories 11:09 PM · Nov 28, 2023 ·  X/Twitter 102.1 The Edge @the_edge Do you ever feel like your friends don’t understand your job? TAKE YOUR FRIEND TO WORK DAY!! - @koltertalks & @caseyjoloos (“There should be a ‘take your friend to work day’ so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories,” a tweet from a tweet from anu @anuatluru, is shown.—ed.) 5:23 PM · Nov 30, 2023 ·  X/Twitter Bob Kostic @causticbob there should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories 6:10 PM · Dec 9, 2023   Facebook Sarcastic Mama 2 February 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM · There should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories.   X/Twitter Gaurav Ragtah @gragtah there should be a “take your friend to work day” so we can actually see what our friends do all day and meet the characters from all their work stories 11:39 PM · Sep 22, 2025   X/Twitter zen @zentwo0 We need a “Take Your Friend to Work Day.” I want to see what y’all actually do and meet the people from all the stories 4:33 AM · Oct 7, 2026 New York City, Work/Businesses, 2026-10-08T03:55:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-personally-think-its-nice-that-we-give-tortilla-chips-a-little-window https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-personally-think-its-nice-that-we-give-tortilla-chips-a-little-window Many tortilla chips bags have little plastic windows so that a customer can see the chips, but potato chips bags usually do not have this window. This was posted on X/Twitter by Ron Iver on February 18, 2021, and it received over 13,000 likes:     “I personally think it’s nice that we give tortilla chips a little window on the bag to look out of, I hope one day we can show our other chips the same kindness.”         X/Twitter Ron Iver @ronnui_ I personally think it’s nice that we give tortilla chips a little window on the bag to look out of, I hope one day we can show our other chips the same kindness 1:36 PM · Feb 18, 2021   X/Twitter John Bonavia @johnbonavia I personally think it’s nice that we give tortilla #chips a little window on the bag to look out of, I hope one day we can show our other chips the same #kindness. 12:17 AM · Feb 19, 2021   Facebook Trina Elnora February 27, 2024 at 10:32 PM · I personally think it’s nice that we give tortilla chips a little window on the bag to look out of, I hope one day we can show our other chips the same kindness ❤️😂🥰 (A Tostitos bag is shown.—ed.)     Facebook All You Can Eat October 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM · 🤣 😂 (“I personally think it’s nice that we give tortilla chips a little window on the bag to look out of, I hope one day we can show our other chips the same kindness” is shown on an image.—ed.) New York City, Food/Drink, 2026-10-07T03:58:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/having-nutrition-information-on-a-bag-of-cheetos1 https://barrypopik.com/blog/having-nutrition-information-on-a-bag-of-cheetos1 “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box/pair of Crocs” is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. Cheetos is a snack food that no one eats for its nutritional value. Similarly, Crocs might be comfortable footwear, but they’re usually awkward to wear on a date and are a turn-off (so Crocs “dating tips” are useless).   “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs” was posted on X/Twitter by Kent Graham on October 11, 2017. “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs” was posted on X/Twitter by Dzintra - Author on May 3, 2025.     Wikipedia: Cheetos Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos) is a crunchy corn-cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United States. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company in 1961 to form Frito-Lay.[1] In 1965 Frito-Lay merged with The Pepsi-Cola Company, forming PepsiCo, the current owner of the Cheetos brand.     Wikipedia: Crocs Crocs, Inc. is an American footwear company based in Broomfield, Colorado, which manufactures and markets the Crocs brand of foam footwear.         X/Twitter Kent Graham @KentWGraham Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs. 6:00 AM · Oct 11, 2017     X/Twitter Wes Cawlwell (West Caldwell) @Kudge5 Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs. 12:48 PM · Oct 12, 2017     Facebook Mark Miller January 10, 2018 at 11:42 PM · “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like putting dating tips on a can of Copenhagen”.   Facebook Mark Miller April 19, 2021 at 6:32 PM · “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like putting dating tips on a can of Copenhagen”. 🤠   X/Twitter Andrew French - Author/Screenwriter @TheRealAFrench Having nutrition information on a bag of Jelly Babies is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 6:28 AM · Oct 19, 2022   Bluesky Venom the Original @venomog.bsky.social Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs. 1:33 AM · Jan 10, 2025   X/Twitter Dzintra - Author @DzintraSullivan Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 🩷 #Z 6:55 AM · May 3, 2025   Facebook Hukilau Beach Party · Gary Davidson · May 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM · Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs.   Bluesky Skwahder @skwahder.bsky.social Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 9:08 AM · Apr 5, 2026   X/Twitter Weapon 𝕏 @HellRaz0r1776 Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 1:36 PM · Oct 6, 2026     Facebook im not right in the head.com added a photo to the album: NOT RIGHT SUPERMARKET October 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM · Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. New York City, Food/Drink, 2026-10-07T03:09:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/having-nutrition-information-on-a-bag-of-cheetos https://barrypopik.com/blog/having-nutrition-information-on-a-bag-of-cheetos “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box/pair of Crocs” is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. Cheetos is a snack food that no one eats for its nutritional value. Similarly, Crocs might be comfortable footwear, but they’re usually awkward to wear on a date and are a turn-off (so Crocs “dating tips” are useless).   “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs” was posted on X/Twitter by Kent Graham on October 11, 2017. “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs” was posted on X/Twitter by Dzintra - Author on May 3, 2025.     Wikipedia: Cheetos Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos) is a crunchy corn-cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United States. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company in 1961 to form Frito-Lay.[1] In 1965 Frito-Lay merged with The Pepsi-Cola Company, forming PepsiCo, the current owner of the Cheetos brand.     Wikipedia: Crocs Crocs, Inc. is an American footwear company based in Broomfield, Colorado, which manufactures and markets the Crocs brand of foam footwear.         X/Twitter Kent Graham @KentWGraham Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs. 6:00 AM · Oct 11, 2017     X/Twitter Wes Cawlwell (West Caldwell) @Kudge5 Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs. 12:48 PM · Oct 12, 2017     Facebook Mark Miller January 10, 2018 at 11:42 PM · “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like putting dating tips on a can of Copenhagen”.   Facebook Mark Miller April 19, 2021 at 6:32 PM · “Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like putting dating tips on a can of Copenhagen”. 🤠   X/Twitter Andrew French - Author/Screenwriter @TheRealAFrench Having nutrition information on a bag of Jelly Babies is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 6:28 AM · Oct 19, 2022   Bluesky Venom the Original @venomog.bsky.social Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a box of Crocs. 1:33 AM · Jan 10, 2025   X/Twitter Dzintra - Author @DzintraSullivan Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 🩷 #Z 6:55 AM · May 3, 2025   Facebook Hukilau Beach Party · Gary Davidson · May 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM · Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs.   Bluesky Skwahder @skwahder.bsky.social Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 9:08 AM · Apr 5, 2026   X/Twitter Weapon 𝕏 @HellRaz0r1776 Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. 1:36 PM · Oct 6, 2026     Facebook im not right in the head.com added a photo to the album: NOT RIGHT SUPERMARKET October 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM · Having nutrition information on a bag of Cheetos is like having dating tips on a pair of Crocs. New York City, Food/Drink, 2026-10-07T03:09:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-miss-when-the-news-was-just-a-guy-in-a-suit-telling-you-what-happened https://barrypopik.com/blog/i-miss-when-the-news-was-just-a-guy-in-a-suit-telling-you-what-happened The television news in the 1960s used to be just a guy in a suit (such as American broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite). Today’s news has obvious agendas. This was posted on X/Twitter Renzo™ on July 11, 2026, and it received over 101,000 likes:   “I miss when ‘The News’ was just a guy in a suit telling you what happened, instead of a 24 hour panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbor so you don’t notice your rent went up 30%.”     X/Twitter Renzo™ @fwrenzo1 I miss when “The News” was just a guy in a suit telling you what happened, instead of a 24 hour panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbor so you don’t notice your rent went up 30%. 5:45 PM · Jul 11, 2026 ·  X/Twitter R Pratka (pronounflexible) #НЕТВОЙНЕ @mllemarguerite A guy (or a woman) in a suit telling you what happened for an hour once a day, instead of a constant hum of background noise and panic. Quote Renzo™ @fwrenzo1 Jul 11 I miss when “The News” was just a guy in a suit telling you what happened, instead of a 24 hour panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbor so you don’t notice your rent went up 30%. 9:29 AM · Jul 12, 2026       Bluesky Dave! @daveaclamb.bsky.social I miss when “The News” was just a guy in a suit telling you what happened, instead of a 24 hour panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbour so you don’t notice your bills and food went up 30%. 2:06 PM · Sep 9, 2026   X/Twitter Streetlamp Le Moose 🦌🇫🇮🇺🇸🍁 @HaroldBabcock10 I miss when “The News” was just a guy in a suit telling you what happened, instead of a 24 hour panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbor so you don’t notice coffee costs 20$/LB 9:32 AM · Oct 1, 2026 New York City, Radio/Television, 2026-10-07T03:08:00+00:00 https://barrypopik.com/blog/hey-kid-heres-some-identification-youll-need-for-the-rest-of-your-life https://barrypopik.com/blog/hey-kid-heres-some-identification-youll-need-for-the-rest-of-your-life Americans are supposed to keep the card with their Social Security number for their entire life. This sarcasm was posted on Reddit—Mildlyinfuriating on March 8, 2024, and it received over 70,000 likes:   “Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life but you’re not allowed to laminate it. We went ahead and printed it on gas station toilet paper for you.”     Wikipedia: Social Security number In the United States, a Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2). The number is issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration, an independent agency of the United States government. Although the original purpose for the number was for the Social Security Administration to track individuals, the Social Security number has become a de facto national identification number for taxation and other purposes.   Reddit—Mildlyinfuriating u/TheBionicBastard—March 8, 2024 “Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life but you’re not allowed to laminate it. We went ahead and printed it on gas station toilet paper for you”   X/Twitter Gary Phipps II @garybear86 “Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life but you’re not allowed to laminate it. We went ahead and printed it on gas station toilet paper for you” 9:20 AM · Mar 9, 2024 from Melville, IL·   Bluesky Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social I literally have mine in a fireproof safe, in a ziplock bag, and even then I only handle it twice a year if that [Photo of a busted social security card “Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life but you’re not allowed to laminate it. We went ahead and printed it on gas station toilet paper for you” ALT] 1:30 PM · Mar 12, 2024   X/Twitter Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life, but you’re not allowed to laminate it. Oh, and by the way, we took the liberty of printing it onto gas station toilet paper for you. 1:20 PM · Apr 14, 2025   Facebook im not right in the head.com October 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM · Shared by Declan Whitebloom (“Hey kid, here’s some identification you’ll need for the rest of your life but you’re not allowed to laminate it. We went ahead and printed it on gas station toilet paper for you” is shown on an image.—ed.) New York City, Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health, 2026-10-07T03:08:00+00:00