The saying “the elephant in the room” is a metaphor for a big issue that people ignore (often on purpose). A joke on the saying was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on July 13, 2019:
“If you’ve gained weight and nobody wants to mention it, you are the elephant in the room.”
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/apinatafullofbagels July 13, 2019
If you’ve gained weight and nobody wants to mention it, you are the elephant in the room
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RandomFun!
@RandomFun_
If you’ve gained weight and nobody wants to mention it, you are the elephant in the room
3:46 PM - 13 Jul 2019
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Jesse Hickman
@DocAwesome_PhD
If you’ve gained weight and nobody wants to mention it, you are the elephant in the room
5:01 PM - 13 Jul 2019
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Funny
@memezebra
If you’ve gained weight and nobody wants to mention it, you are the elephant in the room via /r/Showerthoughts
9:16 PM - 13 Jul 2019
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.
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