“Jokes about white sugar are rare. Jokes about brown sugar—Demerara”
"Demerara" sugar sounds like "them are rarer." "There aren't that many jokes about white sugar. But jokes about brown sugar....demerara! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! credit to…
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“Jonathan and Granny Smith fell in love and lived appley ever after”
Fairy tales often end with "happily ever after." "Appley/Apple-y ever after" or "Applely ever after" (apple + happily ever after) is an apple variation of this.…
“Jones” (a craving) and Great Jones Alley/Street
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Great Jones StreetGreat Jones Street is a street in New York City's NoHo district in Manhattan, essentially another name for 3rd Street between Broadway…
“José, can you see” (“Star-Spangled Banner” mondegreen)
"José, can you see" is a popular mondegreen of "O say can you see," the first line in Francis Scott Key's "Star-Spangled Banner" (the U.S. national anthem).…
“Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound”
"Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound" is a 19th century statement meaning that good journalism is what people will pay for.…
“Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving”
David Burge (who has blogged as Iowahawk) posted this now-famous remark about journalism on Twitter on May 9, 2013: "Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they…
“Journalism is literature in a hurry”
"Journalism is literature in a hurry" has been credited (since at least 1973) to British poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), but there's no evidence that he said it.…
“Journalism: A profession to explain to others what it personally does not understand”
"Journalism — a profession whose business it is to explain to others what it personally does not understand" is a quotation credited to Lord Northcliffe (1865-1922), a British newspaper…
“Journalists become journalists because they aren’t any good at math” (journalism adage)
"Journalists become journalists because they aren't good at math" is an old journalism adage. The adage is often brought up when a newspaper story involves math, such as charts and…
“Journalists do it daily”
A popular meme in the late 1970s was how various professions "do it" -- a mild sex pun. For example, "Divers Do It Deeper." A news media version is "Journalists Do It…
“Journalists Only Want 2 Things: 1. A Pulitzer Prize 2. Get killed by the CIA”
"Contrary to popular belief, the Pulitzer Prize isn't the highest award in journalism. It is being killed by the CIA" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the…
“Judge, 60% of my parking tickets are bogus” (joke)
A traffic court joke was posted on Twitter by Terry F on May 3, 2016: [traffic court]Your honor, I'm here to dispute 4 of my 5 ticketsJUDGE: Repeat infractions?Ok, I'm here to dispute…
“Judge, I want to contest 50% of my parking tickets” (joke)
A traffic court joke was posted on Twitter by Terry F on May 3, 2016: [traffic court]Your honor, I'm here to dispute 4 of my 5 ticketsJUDGE: Repeat infractions?Ok, I'm here to dispute…
“Judge, I want to contest 80% of my parking tickets” (joke)
A traffic court joke was posted on Twitter by Terry F on May 3, 2016: [traffic court]Your honor, I'm here to dispute 4 of my 5 ticketsJUDGE: Repeat infractions?Ok, I'm here to dispute…
“Judge, if you truly are what you eat, then I am an innocent man”
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…
“July is a blind date with summer”
"July is a blind date with summer" is a July saying that has been printed on many images. Harold "Hal" Borland (1900-1978) wrote the unsigned editorial "July" in the…
“July is like the Saturday of summer”
"July is the Saturday of the summer!" is a saying that has been printed on a T-shirt. July is prime summer, like Saturday is a prime day of the weekend. In contrast, August signals the…
“June is almost over? Julying”
"June's over? Julying" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "June's over? Julying" is appropriate for July 1st, while "June's almost over?…
“June is like the Friday of summer”
"June is the Friday of the summer!" is a saying. June is the beginning of summer, like Friday is the beginning of the weekend. July is prime summer, like Saturday is a prime day of the…
“June is over already? Julying”
"June's over? Julying" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "June's over? Julying" is appropriate for July 1st, while "June's almost over?…