“Scrambled eggs should be spelled dcrbmlaes gegs”—that is, scrambled—is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The saying was posted on Twitter by Lindsay on April 2, 2017, and on Reddit—Oneliners on April 8, 2019.
Twitter
Lindsay
@Rollinintheseat
Scrambled eggs should be spelled dcrbmlaes gegs.
6:09 PM - 2 Apr 2017
Twitter
Maxwell Barnes
@maxwell_barnes
Scrambled eggs should be spelled dcrbmlaes gegs.
9:45 AM - 3 Apr 2017
,a href=“https://twitter.com/GottaRunKTX/status/873313736001552385”>Twitter
T Fons
@GottaRunKTX
Scrambled eggs should be spelled dcrbmlaes gegs. (Courtesy @Rollinintheseat)
6:59 PM - 9 Jun 2017
Twitter
Sancho Panzadivision
@oathborker
Replying to @firescotch
Why the fuck aren’t scrambled eggs spelled gegs
10:17 PM - 22 Sep 2018
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/wtfover April 8, 2019
Scrambled eggs should be spelled dcrbmlaes gegs
Twitter
OneMoreJoke
@OneMJoke
Scrambled eggs should be spelled dcrbmlaes gegs
8:25 PM - 8 Apr 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.
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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