"The tv told me that if I eat bugs and pay more money to the government the weather will be gooder" is a popular meme. The meme shows the Ralph Wiggum character from the animated…
Twitter is an online news and social networking service. The name "Twitter" is not an acronym, but people have made several "backronyms" (back acronyms), usually starting with…
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) did write, in the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, the following: "...in questions of power then, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down…
“The two happiest days of a man’s life—the day he bought the boat and the day he sold the boat” is a well known joke. "The two happiest days in a time traveler's life: The day…
A common saying in the boating world is that the two happiest days in a man's life are when he buys a boat (especially a yacht) and when he sells it. When a person buys a boat or a yacht, the…
"The two most important days in ypur life are the day you are/were born and the day you find/found out why" is a popular saying that is frequently credited to American writer Mark Twain…
"The two most important things about money are, to make it first, then make it last" is a popular saying about money. "For, having to make it first, they had to make it last"…
"The two worst feelings in the world are not having a job and having a job" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "the two worst feelings in the world are not having a…
"The tyrants don't create the tyranny. Your obedience does" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The meme was posted on Facebook by Dawn of Peace on December 6, 2020.…
"The U.S. dollar is the best-looking horse in the glue factory" is a statement that has been used by many American financial leaders. A glue factory is where old, sick horses go to die;…
"Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt" is a lyric in the country song "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down." written by Kris…
In the film The Two Jakes (1990), actor Jack Nicholson spoke this memorable line: "What I do for a living may not be very reputable. But I am. In this town I'm the leper with the most…
Is the U.S. government an insurance company? It pays out Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security -- and it has an army. Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Peter R. Fisher said at the Columbus Council…
Is the U.S. government an insurance company? It pays out Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security -- and it has an army. Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Peter R. Fisher said at the Columbus Council…
The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance states: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty…
"The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone's mouth sewn shut" is an anti-censorship saying that has been printed on an image. The saying was…
"Supreme Court" is different from "supreme quart," but there are jokes. "The ultimate liquid measure is the supreme quart. (Pun of the Day)" was posted on the…
Yhe United Nations (UN) has over 190 member states. "The UN is a country club" was posted on the newsgroup rec.aviation.military on January 22, 2003. "The UN is a Country Club"…
English philosopher James Harrington (1611-1677), wrote in The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656), "a commonwealth is an empire of laws and not of men." John Adams (1735-1826), wrote "a…
Entry in progress -- BP Newspapers.com7 November 1968, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, "Longest Night in 20 Years" by Dwight Newton, pg. 35, col. 1:Even unto dawn, Spiro Agnew was being…