The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused many schools to close. Many parents homeschooled for the first time. Many of these parents needed alcohol to get through it.
“Home schooling question: Does having your children fix your mixed cocktails count as chemistry? Asking for a friend....” was posted on Twitter by Tina on March 27, 2020. “Home schooling question: Does having your children fix you mixed cocktails count as chemistry? (Sorry I’m new at this)” was posted on Facebook by Green’s Beverages - Myrtle Beach on March 27, 2020.
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
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Tina
@whiskeyluvingal
Home schooling question:
Does having your children fix your mixed cocktails count as chemistry?
Asking for a friend....
5:36 PM · Mar 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Green’s Beverages - Myrtle Beach
· March 27, 2020 ·
Home schooling question: Does having your children fix you mixed cocktails count as chemistry? (Sorry I’m new at this)
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Robbie
@ikoodkareless
When home schooling during quarantine does having you kids mix your cocktails count as chemistry? Sorry, I’m new at this!!
8:28 PM · Mar 27, 2020·Twitter Web App
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Regina Phalange
@mommytoamini
Home schooling question: Does having your children fix you mixed cocktails count as chemistry? (Sorry I’m new at this)
10:10 PM · Mar 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Tammy Lynne
@tammytatsch
Homeschool Question: Does having your child fix you mixed cocktails count as chemistry?
(Sorry, I’m new to this #homeschooling thing)
10:42 AM · Mar 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Ian Astell
@ianastell66
Homeschooling question:
Does getting the kids to mix your cocktails count as chemistry?
3:45 PM · Apr 23, 2020 from Cheltenham, England·Twitter for Android
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
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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