“I don’t want to. I don’t have to. You can’t make me. I’m retired” is a jocular retirement saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been printed on T-shirts since at least 2001.
14 August 2001, Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, “Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays,” pg. D-1:
The What on Earth catalog afforded us a few good chuckles, at least, with some of its T-shirts witticisms:
(...)
I don’t want to. I don’t have to. You can’t make me. I’m retired.
26 October 2005, Modesto (CA) Bee, “Turlock Park still is public council” by Adam Ashton, pg. A1:
Mayor Curt Andre teased Kyte about his long tenure, saying he lasted through three mayors. Andre handed Kyte a sweater reading, “I don’t want to. I don’t have to. You can’t make me. I’m retired.”
Google Books
The Big Book of Irony
By Jon Winokur
New York, NY: St, Martin’s Press
2007
Pg. 19:
“I don’t want to. I don’t have to. You can’t make me. I’m retired.”
25 February 2007, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, SundayVent, pg. C2, col. 3:
I don’t want to. I don’t have to. You can’t make me. I’m retired!
Google Books
Irish Signs and Notices
By Des MacHale
Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland: Mercer Press
2010
Pg. 36:
In an old folks’ home
I DON’T WANT TO
I DON’T HAVE TO
YOU CAN’T MAKE ME
I’M RETIRED
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@deettaturner
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Google Books
Title I Don’t Want To. I Don’t Have To. You Can’t Make Me. I’m Retired
Authors I Live to Journal, Not Only Not Only Journals
Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017
ISBN 1547059052, 9781547059058
Length 112 pages
Twitter
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@1stees
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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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