“Tocking” can sound like “talking.” A clock riddle was posted on Twitter by bear emoji on October 21, 2015:
Q: What did the clock say to the other clock?
A: “Nice tocking to ya.”
An extension of this riddle was posted on Twitter by Lorraine Jo King on May 20, 2019:
Q: What did the clock say to the wristwatch?
A: “I enjoyed tocking with you, but now you’re starting to tick me off.”
Twitter
bear emoji
@Caffernnn
What did the clock say to the other clock?
“Nice tocking to ya”
7:46 PM · Oct 21, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#mondaymirth
What did the clock say to the wristwatch?“I enjoyed tocking with you, but now you’re starting to tick me off.”
1:55 AM · May 20, 2019·Crowdfire App
Twitter
Jannette Steppe
@jann_step
What did the clock say to the wristwatch?
“I enjoyed tocking with you, but now you’re starting to tick me off.” #joke #fun
7:00 AM · Oct 30, 2019·Mobile Web (M2)
Twitter
Delta Dragonoid
@PyrusDeltaDrago
What did the clock say to the wristwatch?
“I enjoyed tocking with you, but now you’re starting to tick me off.”
8:35 AM · Jan 23, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#badjokefriday
What did the clock say to the wristwatch?
“I enjoyed tocking with you, but now you’re starting to tick me off.” Grinning face
1:12 AM · Jul 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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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