“Spent the morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many people like to shop healthy, but not eat healthy.
“Spent morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday” was posted on X/Twitter by Molly McNearney on January 29, 2012. Frequent versions slightly change the opening to “spent the morning.”
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Molly McNearney
@mollymcnearney
Spent morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday.
4:16 PM · Jan 29, 2012
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Couch Potato Love
@CouchPotatoLove
Spent the morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday.
9:10 PM · May 27, 2013
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Matthew Ruffi
@mruffi
Trying to be healthier, so I spent the morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday.
11:40 AM · Sep 21, 2013
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Dippy Blonder
@DippyBlonder
Spent the morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday.
12:49 AM · Apr 10, 2015
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Duane A Barrett
@LayyerZero_Labs
I spent Saturday morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fresh fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday.
2:48 AM · Jun 25, 2017
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Mr.Suit.eth
@MrMetaMask
Spent the whole morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Friday.
2:46 PM · Nov 10, 2023
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Spent the morning at the farmers market carefully selecting fruits and vegetables to throw away next Saturday.
5:53 PM · May 2, 2024
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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