“I would lose weight, but I hate losing” is a jocular line that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and posters. The saying has been cited on Twitter since July 25, 2012.
Twitter
Le’Aj
@FizzleKaboom
I would lose weight but I hate losing!
11:47 PM - 25 Jul 2012
Twitter
Mr.Mak.Ya.Gurl.Blush
@Ucy_NVOXO
I would lose weight but I hate losing.
8:43 AM - 26 Jul 2012
Twitter
AdvoCare Distributor
@NxtLvlNutrition
I would lose weight but I hate losing.
10:09 PM - 26 Jul 2012
Twitter
Alex, the Cucumber
@Superpickles101
I’d lose weight but I hate losing
3:39 AM - 27 Jul 2012
Facebook
Haaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww
October 21, 2012 ·
I would lose weight, but I hate losing.
Joke All You Can
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014
I would lose weight. but I hate losing
9buz
I would lose weight but I hate losing..
Submitted By: 9buz on September 4, 2014
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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