More on "eighty-six." "8664" means "86" and "I-64" (2007). www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

LEGO’S New York City—The Big Apple (2026). I live in Goshen, NY, where there is a Legoland resort. I solved the "Big Apple" over 30 years ago. Is there any way to contact LEGO about things that can be done? 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/legos-n...

"I should worry, I should care, I should marry a millionaire. If he should die, I should cry; I should marry another guy." (New York Post, 1913). 1/2 barrypopik.com/blog/i-shoul...

"FDT8647" license plates yanked. Another part of the "86" ("eighty-six") story. #eightysix nypost.com/2026/05/07/u...

"Take a local, take an express, don't get off 'til you reach success" (unknown, 1951). A motivational and inspirational saying, probably from the New York City subway. #quotes #rhymes #MotivationalQuotes barrypopik.com/blog/take-a-...

"Eighty-six for you, kid" and many other popular phrases (1934). Not our first "86" cite, but written up with other similar sayings. Worth a read. www.newspapers.com/article/new-...

An early "Big Apple" cite, from the New Orleans Item (newly digitized) in November 1921. #NYC #BigApple cc @EsnpcB @bgzimmer @btaylorblake www.newspapers.com/article/new-...

"If vaccines worked, only the elite would be vaccinated" (@DanielGilr44222, April 21). Similar to "If voting worked, it would be illegal." #quotes #vaccines #vaccination #elite barrypopik.com/blog/if-vacc...

“Someone called me lazy today. I almost responded” (unknown, 2012). #quotes #jokes #lazy #laziness barrypopik.com/blog/someone...

“Most of my decisions are loosely based on whether or not it’s illegal, or merely frowned upon” (2018). Not said by Doc Holliday in the movie TOMBSTONE (1993). #quotes #misquotes #jokes #decisions barrypopik.com/blog/most-of...

“From a very young age, I knew something was wrong with everyone else” (@user84829272, January 15). #quotes #jokes barrypopik.com/blog/from-a-...

Coffee-pot Lawyer (talkative taxi driver; 1932). An old New York CIty term. #NYC #taxi #taxidriver barrypopik.com/blog/coffee-...

Youth slang lexicon in Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1925). No "eighty-six" here, but take a look. www.newspapers.com/article/broo...

"Eighty-six" or "86" in a 1920 article from Topeka, KS. I see this is also OED's earliest. This knocks out NYC's Chumley's & Empire State Building theories. A new thread. cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social 1/ www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Comey's "8647" is in the news. Here is "86" in soda jerker slang, from Pittsburgh, in 1929, our new earliest cite for the expression. A thread. @davidwondrich.bsky.social @jessesword.com 1/ www.newspapers.com/article/pitt...

Wikipedia says that the "Tequila Sunrise" was invented at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel by Gene Sulit in the 1930s or 1940s. I've found no evidence of this. A thread. #tequila #TequilaSunrise @davidwondrich.bsky.social 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequila...

"Joe Ricci, a famous mixer of drinks in New Orleans fifty years ago" (1893). New Orleans newspapers are now extensively digitized, and there's no Joe Ricci evidence. #Rickey cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

In light of the 1911 "Big Easy" discovery, let's take a look at "#speakeasy." Wikipedia says that the first US citation is 1889, from Pittsburgh, PA. We'll do better. cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakeasy

This January 17, 1899 story in the New Orleans Times-Democrat credited Col. Joe Walker with the invention of the Manhattan Cocktail. I found nothing about this in the newly digitized New Orleans States. cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Newspapers.com has digitized over 330,000 pages of the New Orleans States. There is an 1894 article that credits Henry C. Ramos with the "Gin FIzz" and the "Highland Fling Cocktail." cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social www.newspapers.com/article/new-...

Stephen Colbert's Late Show can do something great. In 1997, I dedicated the block "Big Apple Corner," for the track writer. Why not take the show to the New Orleans Fair Grounds to honor the black stable hands who coined "Big Apple" in 1920? @brianstack153.bsky.social‬ www.nola.com/opinions/let...

Manhattan cocktail got its name from the 2-1-2 area code? Even though the cocktail is from at least the 1880s--way before the telephone area code! This guy (johnnymurtaugh) is a licensed tour guide? cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DGWEguFu11C/

"There's only one Big Apple. That's New York." -- "Around the Big Apple with John J. Fitz Gerald" column, New York Morning Telegraph, February 18, 1924. My annual post. The African American stablehands from the New Orleans Fair Grounds have still never been honored! bsky.app/profile/100y...

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