Reversing the cables of a car's battery doesn't turn the heat into air conditioning, or the air conditioning into heat. However, there are seasonal jokes that have been printed on many…
"It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother — that’s why the world calls her grandmother" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It’s such a grand thing…
"It’s that weird time of day when I don’t know if I need water, coffee, a cookie or to leave civilization and go live amongst the woodland creatures" was posted on Twitter by…
"it’s the weekend, baby! might mess around and use a different setting on the washing machine" was posted on Twitter by Mowgli on January 23, 2022. That is, the speaker is not doing…
Women's History Month is celebrated in March in the United States. "It’s weird #Liberals celebrate Women’s History month when they can’t even tell you what a woman is" was…
"It's so crazy/scary/strange/weird to think that before Facebook/Twitter/Social Media, all this nonsense/shit just stayed in our heads" is a saying that has been printed on many…
"American by birth. Patriot by choice" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "American by birth, patriot by choice!" was printed in the Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald…
"Hawaiian pizza" is a pizza topped with pineapple and either ham or bacon. "Prosciutto e melone" is an Italian dish of cured ham and melon. Many people find that the former…
"Hawaiian pizza" is a pizza topped with pineapple and either ham or bacon. "Prosciutto e melone" is an Italian dish of cured ham and melon. Many people find that the former…
"Iota Eta Pi" or "I Eta Pi" is a fictional fraternity name made to sound like "I ate a pie." "I. Eta Pi" has been cited in print since at least 1908 and was…
The U.S. presidential primaries on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, held in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, were dubbed the “I-95 Primary." Interstate…
"I.O.U.S.A." (IOU + USA) was printed in an income tax poem by an anonymous author that appeared in several newspapers since 1952: "Income tax is almost due,And this makes me,…
This saying goes way, way back. It has been said in various forms; a friend of mine remembers the boxer Sonny Liston saying that he'd rather be a lamppost in Harlem than mayor of Philadelphia.…
"Intuition" sounds like "in tuition," and there are jokes. I've got a hunch that I don't have any money left over after paying for college. It's all…
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) was the United States Senator from New York when he wrote the essay "Iatrogenic Government: Social Policy and Drug Research" for The American Scholar…
"ICE" is an acronym for "income, credit and equity" -- three things that banks look for before issuing a mortgage or a loan. "ICE" has been cited in print since at…
The "ice cream cone" was popularized at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. The St. Louis firm of Cornucopia Waffles clearly was the major influence in the development of the ice…
The cherimoya is a fruit of the species Annona cherimola and is commonly found in Peru. as well as other parts of South America and Central America. It has been called the "ice cream…
Several newspaper citations indicate that the "ice cream sandwich" was invented (or at least popularized) about July 1900 in New York City. One newspaper citation mentions Wall Street and…
The invention of the ice cream soda is usually attributed to Robert M. Green of Philadelphia (at the Franklin Institute in 1874) or Fred Sanders of Detroit (in 1880). John Robertson and Francis…