A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from July 19, 2016
“I’ve failed math so many times I can’t even count”

“I’ve failed math so many times I can’t even count” is a jocular line that has been printed on T-shirts and ecards. “I failed maths so many times I can’t even count” was cited Twitter on June 6, 2009. “I failed math so many times I can’t even count” was cited on Twitter on September 4, 2009.
   
The joke was probably coined by Canadian comedian Stewart Francis.
   
 
Wikipedia: Stewart Francis
Stewart Francis is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer. In addition to his work in Canada and the US, he frequently tours in the UK and appears on British television. Both of Francis’ parents are British.
         
Twitter
Clarkey
‏@Clarkey4boro
LMAO - I failed maths so many times I can’t even count. That is comedy genius.
3:52 PM - 6 Jun 2009
 
Twitter
Readers
‏@sovisual
I failed maths so many times i can’t even count. I was good at history though…...............nope, no i wasn’t.
4:03 PM - 6 Jun 2009
 
Twitter
Elizabeth Fleming
‏@mnemosynex
I failed math so many times I can’t even count. -_- I passed history though! Wait…no I didn’t. Gosh, it was such a long time ago.
11:34 AM - 4 Sep 2009
 
Twitter
Bryan Flanagan
‏@bryanflanagan
I failed math so many times, I can’t even count…
1:33 PM - 23 Dec 2009
 
Facebook
“Wa Chubble Is Dis?”
May 6, 2012 ·
I failed Math so many times I can’t even count. -__-’‘
     
Google Books
Pun Direction
By Stewart Francis
London: Headline Publishing Group
2013
Pg. ?:
I failed maths so many times, I can’t even count.
 
Twitter 
Rapid
‏@RapidWolf_
in school i failed maths so many times, I can’t even count.
Althought I was going to join the debating team but someone talked me out of it
4:16 PM - 8 Dec 2015
     
Google Books
Linux Server Security:
Hack and Defend

By Chris Binnie
Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2016
Pg. ?:
I was terrible at school. I failed maths so many times, I can’t even count. —Stewart Francis
   
Google Books
Comedy Writing Secrets:
The Best-Selling Guide to Writing Funny and Getting Paid For It (3rd Edition)

By Mark Shatz with Mel Helitzer
Georgetown, Ontario: Fraser Direct
2016
Pg. 220:
I failed math so many times I can’t even count. —Francis Stewart

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityEducation/Schools • Tuesday, July 19, 2016 • Permalink


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