"Dear animals, I’m sorry it took me so long” is a vegan saying (from a person who had been eating meat) that has been printed on many images. Authorship of the saying is unknown, but it possibly originated on an image.
“Dear animals, I’m so sorry it took me so long” was posted on Twitter by Kon on September 11, 2016. “Dear animals, I’m sorry it took me so long” was posted on Twitter by HANNAH MARÍA on November 20, 2016.
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Kon
@vvitchcraft
Dear animals,
I’m so sorry it took me so long.
4:23 PM · Sep 11, 2016 from Greece·Twitter Web Client
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HANNAH MARÍA
@BABYXMARIA
Dear animals, I’m sorry it took me so long
1:02 AM · Nov 20, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
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Popcorn Clothing
@PopcornClothin
Dear animals, i’m sorry it took me so long #vegan #veganSeedling #vegangirl #veganpower #animallovers #stopanimalabuse #stopanimalcruelty
2:22 PM · Apr 11, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
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Izi
@izi_nebuleuse
Dear animals, sorry it took me so long #teamanimals #vegansarehotaf
6:48 AM · Jul 3, 2017·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Vegan Posters
@veganposters
Dear animals. I am sorry it took me so long. - Anon #vegan
9:45 AM · Oct 22, 2017·VeganPosters
Twitter
Vegan Vox
@vgnvox
Dear animals. I am sorry it took me so long.
-Anon
6:40 AM · Oct 31, 2018·Vegan Vox
Google Books
Title Dear Animals I’m Sorry It Took Me So Long: All Purpose 6x9 Blank Lined Notebook Journal Way Better Than a Card Trendy Unique Gift Brown Texture Vegetarian
Author Lisa Lamb Ca
Publisher Independently Published, 2019
ISBN 171138335X, 9781711383354
Length 122 pages
Facebook
IHeartVegans
May 8, 2020 ·
Dear animals, I’m sorry it took me so long - https://iheartvegans.co/products/dear-animals-womens-t-shirt-1
Twitter
Vegan Posters
@veganposters
Dear animals. I am sorry it took me so long. - Anon #vegan
9:05 AM · Sep 11, 2020·VeganPosters
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.
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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