“Y’all better eat the damn black eyed peas this year!”
In the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas is a New Year's Day tradition and is thought to help bring prosperity in the new year. However, many mothers cook the people, but the…
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In the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas is a New Year's Day tradition and is thought to help bring prosperity in the new year. However, many mothers cook the people, but the…
"Twizzlers taste like they were almost about to be a toy" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Kids seem to play with them as much as kids eat them. "😂TWIZZLERS…
"Twizzlers taste like they were almost about to be a toy" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Kids seem to play with them as much as kids eat them. "😂TWIZZLERS…
"May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Syndicated newspaper entertainment columnist Earl Wilson…
Rock salt might imply the existence of other salts that are non-rock. "Supermarket has rock salt, but they're always out of jazz salt" was posted on Twitter by AlburyBibleChurch on…
"Twizzlers taste like they were almost about to be a toy" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Kids seem to play with them as much as kids eat them. "😂TWIZZLERS…
Rock salt might imply the existence of other salts that are non-rock. "Supermarket has rock salt, but they're always out of jazz salt" was posted on Twitter by AlburyBibleChurch on…
"I still don't know what I'm wearing to the living room New Year's Eve. I might not even go" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is from…
"After all the eating I did over the holidays, I am happy to report that my socks still fit" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. "After all the eating I did…
"A food system dependent on chemicals is not a food system, it's a chemical system" is a food saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on an image on…
When airlines cancel flights, angry passengers often take their rage out on the customer service representative, who did not cause the problem. This sarcasm was posted on Twitter by Jeremy Khan on…
"Never date a chick that works at Subway. She knows what 6 inches really looks like" is a sex joke that has been printed on many images. Subway fast food restaurants serve six-inch sub…
"Alexa, take down the Christmas decorations" is a jocular command that has been printed on many images. The Amazon Alexa virtual assistant can help with many things but not this.…
"To everyone that received a book from me for Christmas, they're due back at the library next Friday. Thank you" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The joke…
"Let's all take a moment to recognize the true heroes of the season -- elastic waistbands" -- that is, everyone got fat over the holidays -- is a jocular saying that has been printed…
"We pay the doctor to make us better when we should really be paying the farmer to keep us healthy" (also "We pay the doctor to make us better. But we should pay the farmer to keep…
"Let's pay the farmer, not the pharmacist" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "I totally agree pay the farmer not the pharmacist!" was posted on Twitter by…
A riddle (told two ways) makes fun of the Marines. "Hey, John, what do you call a Marine with an IQ of 112? A Platoon" was posted on the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on October 12, 1998.…
A riddle (told two ways) makes fun of the Marines. "Hey, John, what do you call a Marine with an IQ of 112? A Platoon" was posted on the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on October 12, 1998.…
"The dots are practically almost touching each other, and people still cannot connect them" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying usually applies to the COVID-19…