“Dad” is sometimes called “pop.” Bad jokes are sometimes called “corn.”
“What idiot called them dad jokes instead of pop corn?” was posted on Twitter by THE Burger King on September 10, 2015. “Who called ‘em dad jokes instead of popcorn” was posted on Twitter by Ashur Cabrera on December 3, 2019. “Who called them Dad jokes instead of Pop corn?” was posted on Twitter by A Catural Woman on March 29, 2020.
“What did the baby corn say to its mom?”/“Where’s my pop corn?” is another “pop corn” joke.
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THE Burger King
@ABurgerADay
What idiot called them dad jokes instead of pop corn?
11:22 AM · Sep 10, 2015·TweetDeck
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Zen Zero
@xvf17
Why do they call them “Dad jokes” instead of “Pop Corn?”
5:26 PM · Jul 11, 2017·Tweetbot for iΟS
Twitter
Ashur Cabrera
@ashur
who called ‘em dad jokes instead of popcorn
4:33 PM · Dec 3, 2019·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Non-essential Ryan
@PaikinAndEggs
Who called them dad jokes instead of popcorn?
11:17 AM · Jan 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
A Catural Woman
@JodingersCat
Who called them Dad jokes instead of Pop corn?
8:17 PM · Mar 29, 2020·Twitter for Android
LaffGaff
WRONGLY NAMED
By laffgaff April 4, 2020
Who called them Dad jokes instead of Pop corn?
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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