“If you’re allergic to bananas, do you go into bananaphylactic shock?”
People who have banana allergies don't go into "bananaphylactic" (banana + anaphylactic) shock, but there are jokes. "For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation…
“Why is the letter ‘C’ afraid of the rest of the alphabet?”/“All the other letters are Not-Cs.”
"Nazi" sounds like "Not-C." A riddle is: Q: Why is the letter "C" afraid of the rest of the alphabet?A: All the other letters are Not-Cs. The joke was posted on Reddit…
“What does illiteracy even mean?”
"What does illiteracy even mean??" was posted on Twitter by Captain Geech on August 17, 2010. The joke is that an illiterate person wouldn't know what it means. "What does…
“Keep your squats low and your standards high”
"Keep your squats low and your standards high" is an exercise saying that has been printed on many images. "Keep your squats low and your standards high" was posted on Twitter…
“My dad got shot from a cannon. The circus never found another man of his caliber”
A circus joke has it that a human cannonball tries to quit. (Another version has the human cannonball fly off into space.) The ringmaster sighs and says, "It's hard to find another man of…
“Squat because nobody ever wrote a song about a small ass”
"Squat because nobody ever wrote a song about a small ass" is a jocular exercise saying that has been printed on many images. "Squat.. because nobody ever wrote a song about a small…
“No sweat, no beauty. No squat, no booty”
"No sweat, no beauty. No squat(s), no booty" is an exercise saying that has been printed on many images. "No Sweat No Beauty, No Squat No Booty We all know this sentence: no pain no…
“Don’t find time to exercise, make the time to exercise”
"Don't find time to exercise, make the time to exercise" is an exercise saying that has been printed on many images. "I don't find time to exercise, I make the time to…
“A horse walks into a barn…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." "A horse walks into a barn" is an anti-joke. "A horse walks into a barn and…
“Love is ale we need” (“Love is ale you need”)
"Love is ale we need" or "Love is ale you need" -- a pun on the lyric "Love is all you need" in the 1967 Beatles song "All You Need Is Love" -- has been…
“Witch better have my candy”
"Witch better have my candy" is a Halloween saying that has been printed on many images. The saying borrows from "Bitch better have my money" (the title of a 2015 song by…
“Wine Wednesday: like a little holiday in the middle of the week”
"Wine Wednesday: like a little holiday in the middle of the week" is a Wine Wednesday saying that has been printed on many images. "Wine Wednesday: like a little holiday in the…
“To beer or not to beer, that’s a stupid question—Shakesbeere”
"To beer or not to beer, that's a stupid question -- Shakesbeer(e)" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The pun is on the famous "To be, or not to be"…
ManhattAnt (Manhattan + ant)
A new breed of ant found in Manhattan in 2012 was dubbed "ManhattAnt" (Manhattan + ant). "New breed of ruffi-ant found in Manhattan" by Annie Karni was printed in the New York…
“Peace, love & happy hour”
"Peace, love & happy hour" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Peace, love and happy hour" has been cited in print since at least 2008. 3 October 2008,…
“Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen”
"Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen" is a food saying that has been printed on many images. American author Kris Carr is usually credited. "Dinner is where the magic…
“My mailman got a sex change. I guess you’d call him a post-man now”
A "postman" shouldn't be confused with a "post-man." but there are jokes. "Isn't a post-man someone who has just had a sex change to a woman?" was posted on…
“I told my hot coworker how I felt and she felt the same way. So I turned on the air conditioning”
A "hot co-worker" is sometimes just hot. "Told hot coworker how I felt and she felt the same way. I opened the window" was posted on Twitter by Alexander Gibbons on April 4,…
“Pumpkin pie is the closest thing to a vegetable I’ll see until January”
"Pumpkin pie is the closest thing to a vegetable I will see until January" is a jocular holiday saying that has been printed on an ecard. "Basically what I decided is pumpkin pie…
“How do you make a motherboard?”/“Tell her a long and pointless story.”
A "motherboard" shou;dn't be confused with a "mother bored," but there are jokes. "#How do you make a motherboard? Play on your phone when you're at her…