“I know alcohol isn’t the answer, but it’s always my best guess” is a jocular one-liner that has been printed on many ecards. “I know alcohol is never the answer, but it’s always my best guess” was posted by “Squirt Russell” on Twitter on November 20, 2010.
Similar alcohol one-liners include “Alcohol is never the answer, unless the question is ‘What is C2H5OH?‘,“ “I doubt vodka is the answer, but it’s worth a shot” and “Alcohol is not the answer; it just makes you forget the question.”
Twitter
Squirt Russell
@RonnieWK
I know alcohol is never the answer, but it’s always my best guess.
1:56 PM - 20 Nov 2010
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Sean Traber
@iTraber81
Better to guess than to just give up. RT @RonnieWK I know alcohol is never the answer, but it’s always my best guess.
1:57 PM - 20 Nov 2010
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FunnyOneLiners
@Funnyoneliners
I know alcohol is never the answer, but it’s always my best guess.
RT @RonnieWK
7:15 PM - 20 Nov 2010
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Kenzo P
@itzyaboykDuBz
I know alcohol isn’t the answer but its always my best guess
8:15 PM - 20 Nov 2010
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Sarcasm
@ComedyPosts
I know alcohol isn’t the answer, but it’s my best guess.
11:32 PM - 21 Feb 2013
Twitter
Alan Garner
@AIanHangover
I know alcohol isn’t the answer, but it’s my best guess.
12:08 AM - 11 Mar 2015
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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•“I don’t drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. Therefore, I’m not an alcoholic, I’m spiritual” (5/17)
•“I don’t drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. So I’m not an alcoholic, I’m spiritual” (5/17)
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•Entry in progress—BP24 (5/17)
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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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