“Sex is like bridge…” (bridge joke)
The game of bridge has a popular sex joke connected with it: "Sex is like bridge: if you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand." The joke has been cited in print…
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“Sex is like math. Add the bed, subtract clothes, divide legs, and pray you don’t multiply”
"How is math like sex? First, you ADD a bed. Then, SUBTRACT the clothes. DIVIDE the legs and MULTIPLY!" was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor under the title "Old Math Joke" on…
“Sex is like math. I don’t get it”
Many students have trouble with math...and other things. "Math is like sex, I don't get it ;p" was posted on Twitter by @ramonthetaco on December 29, 2010. "Math is like sex. I…
“Sex is like music: For every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free”
"Sex is like music: for every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free" is a popular line for the internet age. The saying was posted on Twitter on September…
“Sex is like pizza—even when it’s bad, you still have to pay for it”
“Pizza is like sex -- when it's good, it’s terrific, and when it's bad, it's still pretty good" is a saying that has been associated with Goldberg’s Pizza in New York…
“Sex is my cardio. Which probably explains why I’m fat”
"Se is my cardio" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the speaker doesn't get much sex. "And no,sex doesn't count as cardio.UNLESS...." was…
“Sex sells” (advertising adage)
"Sex sells (products)" is an old advertising adage. Attractive actors might help sell a movie or a play to the public. Attractive people in advertisements catch the eye, sometimes luring…
“Sh*t posting will continue until government improves”
"Shit posting will continue until government improves" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "The firings/floggings/beatings will continue until morale improves"…
“Shakespeare walks into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." One version involving William Shakespeare (the Bard of Avon) is: "Shakespeare walks…
“Shaking hands is the new first base”
"First base," in sexual terms, is usually kissing. The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic encouraged "social distancing" (six feet away) and changed the bases. "Is the new…
“Share sarcasm, not pizza”
Some people believe that you can share things, but not pizza. Pizza must be all yours. "I share, pics that is, not pizza!" was cited on Twitter on Noember 30, 2009. "Share Love Not…
“Shareholders should be worried when a CEO builds a new headquarters”
When should shareholders worry about a chief executive officer? Iain Martin wrote in Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the men who blew up the British economy (2013): "The old adage is…
“Sharing food is my love language”
"My love language is sharing food" (or "Sharing food is my love language") is a popular saying. "sharing food is one of my love languages!" was posted on X/Twitter by…
“Sharp as a marshmallow sandwich”
A marshmallow -- especially a toasted marshmallow -- is not sharp. "I'm as sharp as a marshmallow tonight" was cited in print in 1946. "Like I said, he's about as sharp as…
“Sharp as a mashed potato sandwich” (dumb)
To be "sharp as a mashed potato sandwich" is not to be sharp at all -- that is, to be dumb. "Sharp as a mashed potato sandwich" was teen slang from at least 1944. "Sharp as…
“Sharp cheddar is the dark chocolate of cheese”
Sharp cheddar has a deeper, more intense flavor, and it has been compared to dark chocolate. "Sharp Cheddar is the Dark Chocolate of cheese" was posted on Twitter by Oxblood Abernathy on…
“Shattered” (1978) (Rolling Stones’ “Big Apple” lyric)
"Shattered" is a song by The Rolling Stones from the album Some Girls (1978). Mick Jagger talks a bit about the "Big Apple" (New York City) in the song. The…
“Shaved ice implies the existence of hairy ice”
"Shaved ice" is a dessert of ice shavings or finely crushed ice, usually sweetened with syrups. There is no "hairy ice" (unshaved ice), but there are jokes. "Shaved ice…
“She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat”
“I didn’t like her apartments, so I knocked her flat" is a joke that was printed in the El Paso (TX) Herald on July 17, 1920. "I didn't like her apartment so I knocked her…
“She made French toast and got her tongue caught in the toaster”
French toast has nothing to do with French kissing, but New York-based stand-up comedian Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) said on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson in 1980: "She was a wild…