“The best thing about insomnia is the extra meal you get each day…” (@TheBoydP, 2015). #quotes #jokes #insomnia #food #snacking barrypopik.com/blog/the-bes...

“Help! Dad farted and we can’t get out” (bumper sticker, 1996). Also, "Daddy farted" & "Mom farted" & "Grandpa farted" & "Someone farted." #jokes #cars #farting #funny #bumpersticker 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/help-da...

“I’m retired. Go around me” (bumper sticker, 2006). #bumpersticker #funny #old #retired #driving barrypopik.com/blog/im-reti...

“My favorite emails are the ones that let you know that your order has shipped" (2014). “My favorite emails are the ones that tell me my order has been shipped” (2018). “My favorite #emails to receive are ‘order shipped’ emails” (2020). #quotes #shopping barrypopik.com/blog/my-favo...

"Missing trash day is one of the biggest L's you can take as an adult" (Facebook, 2021). “As an adult, missing trash day is one of the biggest L’s you can take” (@Derekalexander_, July 15). #quotes #trashday 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/as-an-a...

“I’m not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon, I’m just saying that if I got a job as a UPS driver they’d probably let me work from home” (@RealRodLacroix, 2022). #quotes #jokes #workathome #work @amazon @UPS 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/im-not-...

"Philosophy majors be like ugh I have a thought due tomorrow" (@kingLR07, 2019). “#Philosophy majors be like I got a thought due tomorrow” (@blanketm9, 2020). “#Sociology majors be like ‘I have a critical thought due tomorrow’" (@8bitfunk, 2020). #jokes barrypopik.com/blog/philoso...

"You know you're getting old when you have to scroll down to find your birth year" (2012). "The year I was born getting a little far on that little scrolly thing" (2024). #quotes #jokes #year #birth #scroll #old 1/3 barrypopik.com/blog/you-kno...

"Do you know why Americans call it fast food? Because it speeds them on the way to the grave" (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, 1985). “They call it fast food because it gets you to the grave faster” (2026). #quotes #food #fastfood barrypopik.com/blog/they-ca...

“Soup is called that bc when u eat it ur so up” (@heelbitee, July 7). #quotes #jokes #soup barrypopik.com/blog/soup-is...

“America is cosplaying 1776 while walking straight into 1984” (@EscanorReloaded, 2025). #quotes #government #tyranny #Orwell barrypopik.com/blog/america...

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion” (@paulocoelho, 2012). The tweet by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is not longer available. It does not appear on his Wikiquote page, or even its discussion page, which is unusual. #quotes barrypopik.com/blog/the-wor...

@_newspapers has digitized newspapers from the Netherlands and Suriname, so we'll take another look at #Rijsttafel. Maybe someone who knows Dutch can help. 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijstta...

I'm mentioned in an "Uncle Sam" story on July 7th by Fabien Deglise in Le Devoir. The problems are that it's in French, and behind a paywall. Any solutions? www.ledevoir.com/auteur/fabie...

"Uncle Sam" AI video. Is this slop what this country deserves? 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZKH...

A thread on "America the Beautiful" by Katherine Lee Bates, and its naming and rewording in Buffalo, NY, in 1902. The poem was inspired by her trip up Pikes Peak in 1893. "America" was printed in The Congregationalist, July 4, 1895. #AmericatheBeautiful 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

“Walked outside and the heat slapped me in the face like I owed it money” (2016 on Facebook; @SocialOutcast82, July 1). #quotes #jokes #heat #hot #summer barrypopik.com/blog/walked-...

“When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.” A thread on this quotation, which climbers put on a banner at the top of the Empire State Building. #quotes #love #power 1/ x.com/UncleBob56/s...

My "Big Apple" letter is in Queens (NY) Chronicle. "Big Apple" is from horse racing. Aqueduct just closed and Belmont Park will soon re-open. 1920s track writer John J. Fitz Gerald lived in Kew Gardens. There are no markers or plaques anywhere in Queens. www.qchron.com/opinion/lett...

"You know a restaurant is expensive when a menu item says 'market price'" (@Stretchxflvcko, 2020). #quotes #restaurant #prices #marketprice 1/3 barrypopik.com/blog/you-kno...

“You know it’s hot when you go outside and it’s hot” (@miilkkk, 2012; @NatlParkService, June 30). #quotes #jokes #hot #heat #summer barrypopik.com/blog/you-kno...

I submitted a comment to the #FCC about #ABC. I'm a NYC historian, and I solved the "Big Apple." I've been in the NY Times, NY Post, NY Daily News and WNYC. I've never been on television. ABC has "missed" the story for over 34 years! All NYC news has! 1/ www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/...

“I don’t understand why so many Americans are confused about how offsides works in soccer. It’s easy, if anything exciting happens, that’s offsides” (@thisdiegolopez, June 29). #quotes #jokes #soccer #WorldCup barrypopik.com/blog/i-dont-...

#UncleSam thread, continued. Here was the first one. 1/ bsky.app/profile/barr...

Here's what Newspapers .com has been adding from #Louisiana and the #Netherlands. The Louisiana additions are actually more than what's listed here. It's impressive...My 34-year wait for NYC pubic domain newspapers continues. however. #newspapers blog.newspapers.com/175-new-pape...

The newly designed "key to the city" of New York City has an apple design, for "Big Apple." Why have the black New Orleans stablehands who coined "Big Apple" still never been honored, 35 years after I discovered who they are? #NYC #BigApple #keytothecity barrypopik.com/blog/big-app...

@_newspapers has been digitizing newspapers from the Netherlands. I'm looking for an early "#ketchup" cite, but maybe I got the spelling wrong. Instead, here's a small thread on "rice table," or #Rijsttafel 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijstta...

“IPA stands for ‘It’s Piss, Actually’” (@butchdotbiz, 2016). #quotes #jokes #IPA #backronym 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/ipa-sta...

"Petition to rename 'coleslaw' to 'coleslay'" (@lynlapid, 2022). "The past tense of 'coleslaw' is 'coleslew'" (@Just_Evan_, June 9). "The plural of 'cole slaw' is 'cole slew'" (@benedictsred, June 15). #quotes #jokes #coleslaw barrypopik.com/blog/the-plu...

@_newspapers has been digitizing newspapers from the Netherlands in the 1700s. I've looked at #Yankee and #Knickerbocker. Let's take a thread to look at the etymology origins of "cole slaw." #coleslaw 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleslaw

"Watching a World Cup soccer game is like watching paint dry" (1990). "Watching soccer is like watching paint dry" (1993). “Watching soccer is like babysitting. Nothing happens until you look away” (@mdotbrown, June 15).#quotes #jokes #soccer #WorldCup 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/watchin...

“Beefsteak tomatoes definitely taste more like tomatoes than they do beef or steak” (@daddyjew.bsky.social‬, June 16). #quotes #jokes #beefsteak #tomato barrypopik.com/blog/beefste...

"Summer's almost here… time to be real nice to your friend with a pool" (Facebook, May 26). “It’s officially that time of year when you have to start being really nice to your friend with a pool” (@jimmyfallon, June 16). #quotes #jokes #summer #pool barrypopik.com/blog/its-off...

“I think they should let the goalie wear the same jersey as his friends” (@1followernodad, June 16). #quotes #soccer #goalie barrypopik.com/blog/i-think...

“Being an adult is staring at medium screens all day to come home and stare at a little screen while a big screen is on in the background” (@andlikelaura, 2021). #quotes #screens #television #phones 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/being-a...

#Juneteenth etymology thread. 1/ Checking The Portal to Texas History, the 1890 Galveston "Juneteenth" is really from the Beaumont Recorder. The 1892 Galveston "Juneteenth" is from Brenham. There are no more early cites from Galveston! texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=%2...

#UncleSam thread. 1/ The Mathematical Correspondent Volume I New-York: Printed by Sage and Clough 1804 Pg. 93: I. QUEST 29. Solved by A. Rabbit, Harlaem, near New-York. Pg. 163: Pg. 165: I. QUEST. 62. Solved by A. Rabbit, at Uncle Sam's, Downbelow. www.google.com/books/editio...

#Juneteenth, continued. The Freeman's Journal (Galveston, TX, 1887-1891) was edited by Richard Nelson, and might have coined the word. However, how could the Galveston News never report that? The Portal to Texas History has just one 1889 issue. 1/ texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...

Newspapers.com began digitizing newspapers from Poland. Now they're doing newspapers from the Netherlands (from the 1600s and 1700s, no less). Bizarre, when public domain newspapers from NYC and Chicago that I've requested for a decade are still unsearchable. 1/

"Last night I went to a comedy and philosophy convention. Laughed more than I thought" (@innocent, 2013). “Took a comedy and philosophy course. I laughed way more than I thought” Vince the Sign Guy on Faccebook, June 4). #jokes #comedy #philosophy barrypopik.com/blog/last-ni...

The Manhattan Municipal Building's roof will open for tours June 11th. I wrote to @bradhoylman and the Manhattan Borough Historian to honor Audrey Munson (1891-1996), who was "Civic Fame" and "Miss Manhattan." Nothing has happened! Not a plaque-nothing! x.com/6sqft/status...

If anyone is in Austin, Texas and would like to do me a favor, go to the Texas State Library and read Henry Clay Gray's THE MEDDLER newspaper (1916-1918; about 100 pages). I believe that he either coined #Juneteenth, or knows who did. 1/ www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

“Wine is just grape juice with a yeast infection” (Reddit—ShittyTodayILearned, 2017). #quotes #jokes #wine #grapejuice #yeast barrypopik.com/blog/wine-is...

17 October 1924, Buffalo (NY) Evening News, “Girl Scout Activities,” pg. 28, col. 3: We also had a new dessert called “Somemore” ... #smores #GirlScouts #marshmallows #chocolate #grahamcrackers 1/ www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

"German Chocolate Cake," a thread. The old food knowledge is that it has nothing to do with Germany, and was named after Sam German's "German chocolate." Wikipedia says it was first cited in Texas in 1956. #German #chocolate #cake 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...

“Sick of my car asking for gas. Go get a job” (@R4LSHON, 2019; @layxsnv, May 28). #quotes #jokes #car #gas barrypopik.com/blog/sick-of...

“Pronouncing Gen AI like Forrest Gump says Jenny” (2023; @andyreed, May 28). #quotes #jokes #AI #GenAI 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/pronoun...

“Never forget that YOU are a data center. Drink some water!!” (@itsme_urstruly, May 25). “Just a quick reminder that YOU are a data center. Please drink some water” (Facebook, May 26). #quotes #datacenter #water #hydration 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/never-f...

On a re-check, a second cite of "Rest in Power" from 1991, also in the LA Weekly and also by Ruben Martinez. I didn't find it before because I had added "RIP"/"Rest in Peace" to my searches. #RestinPower 1/2 www.newspapers.com/article/la-w...

I've updated my 2008 entry on "#Senegalese #Soup." Here's a 1939 recipe from Jack and Charlie's, or NYC's "21" Club. "Far East" is mentioned--probably “#Singhalese” was intended. Senegal is in West Africa. 1/2 www.newspapers.com/article/the-...