"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.
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Clarkey
@Clarkey4boro
LMAO - I failed maths so many times I can’t even count. That is comedy genius.
3:52 PM - 6 Jun 2009
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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
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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
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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
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.
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