"You don’t always get what you pay for” is an old saying. A joke version was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 28, 2021:
“My father used to say, ‘You don’t always get what you pay for.’ Lovely man, terrible delivery driver.”
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/incredibleinkpen May 28, 2021
My father used to say, “You don’t always get what you pay for.”
Lovely man, terrible delivery driver
Twitter
dr russ ❁
@the_alphaman_
My father used to say, “You don’t always get what you pay for.”
Lovely man, terrible delivery driver
#humour
12:12 AM · May 29, 2021·Kipruto
Twitter
RuneJokes
@RuneJokes
My father used to say, “You don’t always get what you pay for.”
Lovely man, terrible delivery driver
12:49 AM · May 29, 2021·RuneJokes
Twitter
BeatDadGames
@BeatDadGames
My father used to say, “You don’t always get what you pay for.”: Lovely man, terrible delivery driver (thanks incredibleinkpen from Reddit dadjokes)
1:19 AM · May 29, 2021·IFTTT
Twitter
keepingitcreel
@Keepingitcreel
My father used to say, “You don’t always get what you pay for.” Lovely man, terrible delivery driver
3:13 AM · May 29, 2021·IFTTT
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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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