“The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant”
"The phrase 'working mother' is redundant" means that if a mother doesn't have a job in the workplace, she still works doing cooking, cleaning, shopping, and many other…
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“The Pillsbury Dough Boy is a great roll model”
"Role model" shouldn't be confused with "roll model," but there are jokes, usually involving the Pillsbury Doughboy. "Pillsbury Doughboy: Roll model,...or son of a…
“The Pillsbury Doughboy is a great roll model”
"Role model" shouldn't be confused with "roll model," but there are jokes, usually involving the Pillsbury Doughboy. "Pillsbury Doughboy: Roll model,...or son of a…
“The pirates were fighting with each other because they didn’t have good anchor management”
"Anger management" is sometimes punned as "anchor management." "There was a pirate who'd go into a rage when he couldn't get his ship to stop. He had to go to…
“The plain fact of the matter is that New York is much too good for New Yorkers”
"The plain fact of the matter is that New York is much too good for New Yorkers" was written by American journalist Heywood Broun (1888-1939), from "I'll Show You the City"…
“The plan will be a phased plan that we plan to utilize in phases”
A jocular 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic reopening plan has been cited in print since at least April 30, 2020: "We have a 6 phase plan to reopen the state. The plan will be a phased plan that…
“The plans for a paperless office looked really good…on paper”
To "look good on paper" means to look good in theory, but not necessarily in practice. The phrase doesn't always involve actual paper, but there are jokes. "The 'Paperless…
“The play opened at 8:40 sharp and closed at 10:40 dull” (Broadway saying)
The shortest review of a play is credited to Heywood Broun (1888-1939), who allegedly wrote this simple dismissal of the play's proceedings: "It opened at 8:30 sharp and closed at 10:40…
“The playoffs don’t start until the home team loses a game”
"The playoffs don't start until the home team loses a game" (or "No playoff series truly begins until the road team wins a game") is an old NBA saying. NBA coach Pat Riley…
“The police asked me if I would take a lie detector. I said yes…” (joke)
"The police asked me if I would take a lie detector. I said yes, Now I have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft" was posted on Twitter by Michael Kulezich on November 29, 2014.…
“The police say they burn all the weed they confiscate. That would explain the doughnuts”
It's a popular meme that police can frequently be seen at donut shops. The donuts they eat are not marijuana donuts, but there are jokes. "The police say they burn the marijuana they…
“The poor pay tax. The middle-class pay accountants. The rich pay politicians”
"Poor people pay taxes, rich people pay accountants, very rich people pay politicians" was posted on Twitter by "I am Ann" on April 29, 2019. There are many variations of this…
“The popularity of origami is in creasing”
"Increasing" shouldn't be confused with "in creasing," but there are origami puns. "RT @SpacemanQuisp I think the popularity of origami is in creasing" was posted…
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible”
"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Hope sees the invisible,…
“The potato farmer who crossed the mob is sleeping with the knishes”
"Sleeping with the fishes" is a mob term meaning that someone will be killed (that is, the body will be dumped in the water to "sleep with the fishes"). A joke was posted on…
“The power of the people is greater than the people in power”
"The power of the people is greater/stronger than the people in power" is a protest saying that has been printed on many images. The saying originated in the Arab Spring in Tunisia and…
“The power of the people is stronger than the people in power”
"The power of the people is greater/stronger than the people in power" is a protest saying that has been printed on many images. The saying originated in the Arab Spring in Tunisia and…
“The power you let government use today is the power they’ll use on you tomorrow”
"THE POWER YOU LET GOVERNMENT USE TODAY IS THE POWER THEY'LL USE ON YOU TOMORROW" (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by The Anarchist Institute on November 6, 2022. The meme…
“The Powerball Jackpot is now up to a 24 pack of Charmin”
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in panic-buying (and shortages) of toilet paper. "I heard next week's Powerball jackpot is going to be $60million AND a 48 pack of 3ply toilet…
“The price of gold is understood by exactly two people in the entire world—and they disagree”
A popular banking anecdote has Baron Rothschild saying that only two men in the entire world understand gold, money and the financial system. One man is a director of the Bank of England and the…