Kate (she/her/hers) @Katiohead posted on Twitter on August 17, 2022: "Three stages of career development are: I want to be in the meeting, I want to run the meeting, I want to avoid…
Texas lore holds that the legendary UT football coach Darrell Royal (1924-2012) said that there are three things that can happen when you pass the football, and "two of them are bad."…
"Three things I'm thankful for: 1) family 2) friends 3) Caller ID to avoid family & friends" is a jocular saying about Caller ID that has been printed on many images.…
"Three things tell the truth: children, drunk people and leggings/yoga pants" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "FACT: Jeans work wonders on women.…
New York Mets manager Casey Stengel (1890-1975) was quoted by sportswriter Jim Murray in May 1962: "Now there's three things you can do: you can win or you can lose. Or it can rain."…
"Four things come not back: the broken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity" was cited in print in 1870. "There are three things that return not: the…
The Iowa caucuses provide the first presidential voting in the United States. The political proverb is that "three tickets come out of Iowa" -- the first, second, and third place caucus…
Many supermarkets have a checkout for "10 items or less" or "12 items or less." A person with more items who goes to that checkout either can't read or can't count --…
Professor Harvey Cantril's story about three umpires talking about how they call balls and strikes has been cited in print since at least 1957. The first umpire calls them as he sees them, and…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A vampire version has three vampires walk into a bar. The first two order blood (or a…
"There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone to do it for you, or forbid your children from doing it" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many…
"Resistance training" doesn't mean resisting going to the exercise, but that's the popular joke. "Three weeks now I've been practising resistance training. I'm…
A run-oriented football offense has been described as "three/four/five yards and a cloud of dust." The term is usually credited to The Ohio State University football team that was coached…
A "housewarming party" usually doesn't involve "warming the house," but there are jokes. "Positive spin #13: 'Arson, m'lord? Not at all. We just…
"Anger management” is sometimes punned as “anchor management.” Anchor is also a brand of butter in New Zealand. "I always freak out when I spread a certain butter. I need Anchor…
Carp is not a fish that many people choose to eat. A jocular recipe details a long preparation, ending, "throw away the fish and eat the board/plank/shingle. This is said to be the best part…
"To throw good money after bad" is to further invest in a losing venture. If much money has already been sunk into the venture -- General Motors, for example -- a "bailout" of…
"Throw me something, mister!" is a popular cry of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. Parade watchers want to receive throws of trinkets from the parade floats. The saying…
"Throw me something, mister!" is a popular cry of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. Parade watchers want to receive throws of trinkets from the parade floats. The saying…
"Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then to throw money at it, hoping that somehow it will go away" said Kenneth Keating (1900-1975), the Republican senator from…