“They don’t ban hate speech. They ban speech they hate”
"They don’t ban hate speech. They ban speech they hate" is a saying that has been said in several forms. "They" is sometimes identified as "the left,"…
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“They don’t want to ban guns. They want a monopoly on them”
"They don't want to ban guns. They just want a monopoly on them" was posted on Twitter by Nikki Moonitz on June 24, 2021. "They" refers to governments. "They…
“They eat anything with legs except a table and anything with wings except an airplane”
Cantonese cuisine (from the Guangdong Province in southern China) has been joked about by northern Chinese for the Cantonese variety that seemingly includes every living thing. The French writer…
“They finally made a documentary about clocks. It’s about time!”
"They're finally making a documentary about the invention of clocks. It's about time!" is a pun that was posted on Twitter by drewtarvin on June 26, 2012. "Did you hear…
“They finally published my book about sex with herbs. It’s about f*cking thyme!”
"Thyme," an herb, has had many puns with the word "time." A book titled It's About Thyme: An Herb Manual and Cookbook of Herb and Non-Herb Recipes was published in 1988.…
“They gave their tomorrow for our today”
"They gave their tomorrow for our today" is a military saying (popular on Memorial Day) that has been printed on many images. “When you go home, tell them of us and say, ‘For your…
“They gave their tomorrows for our todays”
"They gave their tomorrows for our todays” is a military saying (popular on Memorial Day) that has been printed on many images. “When you go home, tell them of us and say, ‘For your…
“They have fought grandly, nobly, and we must have more of them”
“They have fought grandly, nobly, and we must have more of them," wrote Confederate General Robert E. Lee on September 21, 1862, to General Louis T. Wigfall. General Lee was referring to the…
“They have plant based burgers, but not a meat based salad”
"I’m going to order a meat based salad next time they offer plant based burgers" was posted on Twitter by Jeep Cherokee on July 24, 2019. "There’s lots of plant based burger and…
“They keep saying that nobody wants to work anymore but really… nobody wants to be overworked & underpaid anymore”
"They keep saying that 'Nobody wants to work anymore' but really just nobody wants to be overworked and underpaid anymore" is a work saying that has been printed on many images.…
“They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. They’re not laughing now”
British comedian Bob Monkhouse (1928-2003) is remembered for a classic line: “They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.” It's not known…
“They met in cooking class. It was boil meets grill”
“Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl” is a classic drama plot. "BOIL MEETS GRILL" was printed in the San Francisco (CA) Examiner on February 14, 2007. "They met in…
“They might as well put ‘Uhhh…’ in front of every item on drive-thru menus”
People who order at a restaurant's drive-thru often hesitate as they look at the menu. This was posted on X/Twitter by Elizabeth on April 9, 2013: "They might as well put…
“They need to bring back teaching binary in schools. That’s just my 10 cents”
People submitting their thoughts proverbially value them at two cents ("just my two cents"). "Network security professionals should be familiar with binary mathematics, but…
“They need to build golf courses for people who aren’t that into golf but just want to drink and drive”
A golf joke was posted on X/Twitter by Dan Carney on June 17, 2023, and received about 10,000 likes: "They need to build golf courses for people who aren’t that into golf but just want to…
“They never told me which machine, so I’ve been raging against toasters”
Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. "They never told me which machine so I’ve been raging against toasters is that right" is a joke that was…
“They now say exercising for at least one hour a week can half your chances of getting Alzheimer’s”
A joke about Alzheimer's disease was tweeted on July 14, 2020 and probably originated on the Sickipedia website: "They now say exercising for at least one hour a week can half your…
“They only call it class war when we fight back”
"They only call it class war(fare) when we fight back" is a statement that has been printed on posters. The saying was popular at the Occupy Wall Street protests in the fall of 2011.…
“They picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone else works twice as hard”
"I think they picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone always says they have to work twice as hard when I'm around!" is a jocular line. The saying originated on the American…
“They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work” (Soviet joke)
"They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work" was a popular joke with workers in the Soviet Union. The salary was always small, so workers didn't have an incentive to work hard.…