“Home is where the heart is”
"Home" was a popular subject for early 19th century poetry. "The heart which forms the home" is a line in the poem "Solitude" that was published in The Literary…
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"Home" was a popular subject for early 19th century poetry. "The heart which forms the home" is a line in the poem "Solitude" that was published in The Literary…
A cannibal and also a restaurant riddle is: Q: What is a cannibal's favorite restaurant?A: Five Guys. There have been many jokes on the "Five Guys" name. "Um, we didn't…
An employment joke has been printed on many images: My boss pulled up in his new BMW."Nice car" I saidHe replied, "Work hard, put the hours in, and I'll have an even better one…
"The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you won’t go to work tomorrow. Alcohol gives you 1 in 5" -- that is, the five days of Monday through Friday -- is a jocular saying that…
"Red Bull and vodka -- because you want to be wide awake for this mistake" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The combination is sure to keep just about anyone wide awake.…
If you combine all the continental breakfast tables together, would that make for a supercontinental (Pangaea or Pangea) breakfast? "If this is the Continental breakfast, I'd hate to see…
"Home is where the heart is" is an old saying. "Home is where you can connect to the Wi-Fi automatically" or "Home is where the/your Wi-Fi connects automatically" is a…
"The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you won’t go to work tomorrow. Alcohol gives you 1 in 5" -- that is, the five days of Monday through Friday -- is a jocular saying that…
"I recently came into a large sum of money" is the first line of a Not-Sate-For-Work joke. "I came into some money recently...............fussy bloody shopkeeper wouldn't take…
A legal joke about damaged luggage is: "I wanted to sue airline because they damaged my luggage. I showed the damaged remains to my lawyer. He said, 'You don't have much of a…
Coke is a soft drink that doesn't have cocaine, but there's a popular riddle: Q: Why did the blonde snort Nutra-Sweet/Splenda/Sweet'N Low?A: She thought it was Diet Coke. The Diet…
"A woman's/mother's work is never done" is an old saying of uncertain authorship. "Woman's work is never done" was in an 1801 version of the poem "Darby and…
"I know how to do anything. I'm a mom" is a popular Mother's Day quotation that has been printed on many images. American actress and comedian Roseanne Barr said it on the…
"Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on May 6, 2013.…
Italian actress and sex symbol Sophia Loren was profiled in Life magazine on August 11, 1961: "She eats everything in sight, washed down with red wine, and when teased about her appetite…
"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. American talk show host, producer and philanthropist…
"There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain. "There…
"A mother holds her children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever" (or "Mothers hold their children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever") is a…
Nothing shows a mother her Mother's Day love like...something bought at the last minute at a gas station? Many gas stations now sell flowers, Mother's Day cards, and gift cards, so…
"I detest being marginalized. I prefer to be lightly buttered" is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on Twitter on September 20, 2011. "Marginalized" sounds a bit like…