“Don’t want the neighbors thinking I’m rich… so I turned a few lights off”

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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.

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Entry from October 18, 2022

“Don’t want the neighbors thinking I’m rich… so I turned a few lights off”

“Don’t want the neighbours thinking I’m rich.. so I turned a few lights off.. #tuesdaytitters” was posted on Twitter by Paul Kelly on October 18, 2022. Electric bills shot up in price in 2022, especially in the United Kingdom (where this joke originated).

Twitter
Paul Kelly
@Nobbyfolk
Don’t want the neighbours thinking I’m rich.. so I turned a few lights off..
#tuesdaytitters
3:01 AM · Oct 18, 2022·Twitter Web App

Twitter
5TUDAY
@5tuday20604396
Don’t want the neighbours thinking I’m rich…
‘So I turned a few lights off ‘..👍
6:05 AM · Oct 18, 2022·Twitter for iPad

Facebook
Tony Young
October 18, 2022 at 11:31 AM ·
Don’t want the neighbours thinking I?m rich…
‘So I turned a few lights off ‘

Twitter
Larry the Cat
@The_CatLarry
Liz don’t want the neighbours thinking we are rich…
So she has turned a few lights off.. 😹
3:25 PM · Oct 18, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Don’t want the neighbours thinking I’m rich…
So I turned a few lights off
6:16 PM · Oct 18, 2022·Twitter Web App

Twitter
WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ
@SarcasmLiving
Don’t want the neighbours thinking Im rich…
‘So I turned a few lights off ‘
7:33 PM · Oct 18, 2022·Twitter for Android

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