“I’m not slow. I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee”

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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.

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Entry from July 27, 2017

“I’m not slow. I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee”

“I’m not slow. I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee” is a jocular running saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on November 25, 2013.

Twitter
Green Eyed Girl‏
@LelandMM
I’m not slow, I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee. I’m wearing this shirt at my next… http://instagram.com/p/hJoOdJQrWc/
2:13 PM - 25 Nov 2013

Twitter
Catholic TRI Chick‏
@CatholicTRIchic
I want to wear this next time I race “I’m not slow, I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee” #triathlon
5:10 PM - 22 Mar 2014

Twitter
Axel Kussmann‏
@apkussma
I’m not slow… I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee. http://pinterest.com/pin/104427285084941345/ …
8:23 PM - 29 Jul 2014

Twitter
Wingate Striders‏
@StridersWingate
This is me .... “I’m not slow, I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee.”
1:18 AM - 17 May 2016

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“I’m not slow, I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee.”

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