“I’m not gaining weight—I’m retaining food” is a saying that’s been placed on T-shirts and bumper stickers. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2006.
PrankPlace.com
“I’m Not Gaining Weight - I’m Retaining Food”
Funny Bumper Sticker.
CafePress
Made by Nuclear Tees: T-Shirts only a mother could love!
on October 24, 2006 at 7:41 AM
Retaining Food T
“I’m not gaining weight, I’m retaining food.” Sounds better than “big boned” any day!. Find more funny t-shirts at Nuclear Tees (http://www.nucleartees.com).
Google Books
Tales from the Dad Side:
Misadventures in fatherhood
By Steve Doocy
New York, NY: William Morrow
2008
Pg. 102:
“What are you doing, Dad?” the kids asked, but I was single-minded as I walked toward the van, which had no handicapped plate, no official state hangtag, no permit, just a bumper sticker that read “I’m Not Gaining Weight. I’m Retaining Food.”
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Meilyne
Re: Funny Bumper Stickers
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2010, 08:54:36 AM »
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I’m not gaining weight, I’m retaining food.
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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