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Entry in progress -- B.P. The Good Men ProjectMy Dear Evangelicals: Realities and Myths After Marriage RulingJULY 1, 2015 BY NEIL CARTER(...)3) You will indeed lose a bit more of your privilege.…
Nintendo's Wii is a home video game console. The name sounds like the French word "oui" (meaning "yes"), prompting a pun: "I asked a Frenchman if he played video…
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is an old joke from the 19th century. The punchline is usually "to get to the other side," but another version is: Q: Why did the chicken…
Golfers sometimes joke about inexperienced caddies who confuse a "sand wedge" with a "sandwich." Puerto Rican professional golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez often joked: "I asked my…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Political correctnessPolitical correctness (adjectivally: politically correct), commonly abbreviated to PC,is a term which, in modern usage, is used to describe…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" is a song written by Baker Knight, and…
nin progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: The Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and…
French essayist and philosopher Paul Valéry (1871-1945) is credited with: "A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator."("Il fallait un calculateur, ce fut un danseur qui…
ENtry in progress -- B.P.Daily Mail Wikipedia: Daily MailThe Daily Mail is a British daily conservative, middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published…
ENtry in progress -- B.P.The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper owned by The Woodbridge Company, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the…
A drink that is "air conditioning in a glass" is a refreshing summer drink. A grapefruit and basil martini was called "air conditioning in a glass" in 2007. American mixologist…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Tannersville, New YorkTannersville is a village in Greene County, New York, USA. The village is in the east-central part of the town of Hunter on Route 23A. The…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Windham (town), New YorkWindham is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,703 at the 2010 census. The town was probably named…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Windham (town), New YorkWindham is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,703 at the 2010 census. The town was probably named…
Some products are advertised on television, and then have print ads stating "As Seen on TV." The "As seen on TV" line was used in advertising by at least 1950, when camera shops…
"Put/Throw you hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care" isa common lric line in many songs. It's so common that there is a list: "100 Songs that contain the…
American journalist Murray Kempton (1917-1997) is credited for writing that "a critic (or an editorial writer) is one who walks down the hill, after the battle is over, and shoots the…
American journalist Murray Kempton (1917-1997) is credited for writing that "a critic (or an editorial writer) is one who walks down the hill, after the battle is over, and shoots the…
A popular "Yo' mama joke is: "Yo' mama is so dumb, when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran out with a spoon." The joke has been cited in print since at least…
A pun on "weapon of mass destruction" is "weapon of math disruption," as in a popular joke: "A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon…