It’s an old joke that people who reach for a pint of Haagen-Dazs or Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and eat the whole pint—all at once, straight from the container—have some problems in their lives that drove them to consume the comfort food. “Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she’s doing” was cited in Twitter on March 2, 2015. The joke quickly became the subject of many tweets.
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Celeste
@celeste_schaal
“@Underchilde: Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she’s doing.” @AnnaAmbrister17 you haha
11:38 AM - 2 Mar 2015
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Pcook102
@pcook102
Never ask a woman who’s eating ice cream straight from the carton how she is doing. #giveherspace
9:02 AM - 4 Mar 2015
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Nick Bentley
@NixVoice
Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she is doing…
6:53 PM - 5 Mar 2015
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Tom Sedens
@Wildsau
Life-saving tip: Never ask your wife that is eating ice cream straight out of the carton how she is doing.
8:20 PM - 5 Mar 2015
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DJ Fresh (Big Dawg)
@DJFreshSA
“Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the tub how she is doing.” - Angazi Ubani
12:57 AM - 9 Mar 2015
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Skip Simonds
@skipsimonds
Life Hack for Guys: Never, ever ask a woman who is eating ice cream directly out of the container how she is doing.
6:39 AM - 12 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.
Recent entries:
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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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