“The envelope, please” (hotel tips envelope)
Awards shows such as the Oscars (Hollywood) and Tonys (Broadway) have a person announce the nominees in a category, and then that person usually says, "The envelope, please." This…
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“The era of pumpkin will fall & northern winds whisper ‘peppermint everything.’ Minter is coming”
"Brace yourselves... Soon the era of pumpkin (spice) will fall and the northern winds will whisper 'peppermint everything.' Minter is coming" is a seasonal saying that has been…
“The evil of two lessers” (voting for “the lesser of two evils”)
An American voter often has to choose between a Democrat candidate and a Republican candidate, neither of whom the voter likes. A vote is cast for "the lesser of two evils" -- the least…
“The exact defense chili developed to preserve the species is the exact reason they are devoured”
A saying about the heat of chili peppers was posted on Reddit -- Shower Thoughts on August 19, 2017: "Chili peppers must be pretty pissed. The exact defense they developed to preserve the…
“The exam questions are the same every year—only the answers change” (joke)
One popular economics joke has an old graduate return to college after many years. He sees his old economics professor, looks at a recent test, and is shocked that the questions are still the same.…
“The existence of a capstone thesis implies the existence of a capstone thebro”
A "thesis" has nothing to do with a "sister" or "sis," but there are "thebro" (from "brother" or "bro") jokes. "What do you call a…
“The existence of a gravy boat and a gravy train implies an entire gravy transportation system. Why isn’t anyone talking about this?”
A "gravy boat" is a sauce boat. A "gravy train" is a source of easy money. There are jokes about "gravy transportation." "There's a gravy boat and a gravy…
“The existence of a New York City rat czar implies the existence of a New York City Ratsputin”
In April 2023, New York City announced the position of "rat czar" to fight the rat problem. People wondered about a "rat Lenin" and "Ratsputin" (rat + Rasputin).…
“The existence of a rat czar implies the existence of a rat Lenin”
In April 2023, New York City announced the position of "rat czar" to fight the rat problem. People wondered about a "rat Lenin" and "Ratsputin" (rat + Rasputin).…
“The existence of a thesis implies the existence of a thebro”
A "thesis" has nothing to do with a "sister" or "sis," but there are "thebro" (from "brother" or "bro") jokes. "What do you call a…
“The existence of cardamom implies the existence of envelopeadad”
Cardamom can sound like "card-a-mom." Is "card-a-dad" its opposite? "Cardamom implies the existence of a cardadad" was posted on Twitter by ⊰TJ Berry⊱ on November…
“The existence of flamingos suggests there must be flamingstops out there, too”
There are flamingos, but no flamingstops. "my idiot brother, @2_eazzi, says a non-white flamingo is a flamingstop. Palm. To. Face" was posted on X/Twitter by Sagittarius serpentarius on…
“The existence of pizza pockets implies the existence of pizza pants”
There are "pizza pockets" (such as a calzone), but there are no "pizza pants." "question from a little kid: if they have pizza pockets, why don't they have pizza…
“The existence of smoothies implies the existence of roughies”
There are "smoothies," but no "roughies." "A smoothie implies the existence of a roughie" was posted on Twitter by 𝕷𝖎𝖑 𝕴𝖓𝖘𝖊𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖊 on…
“The existence of the ‘dreamcatcher’ implies the existence of a dreampitcher and a dreambatter, too”
A "dreamcatcher" has nothing to do with baseball, but many people joke that there should also be "dream pitchers." "Si existen los 'dreamcatcher'....existen los…
“The existence of the meatball sub implies that there is a meatball dom”
"Dominance and submission" or "dom/sub" does not apply to "sub" sandwiches, but there are jokes. "Meatball dom / meatball sub" was posted on Twitter by…
“The existence of the umami flavor profile implies the existence of an aypapi flavor”
Umami (often pronounced like "you mammy") implies the existence of what? You daddy? You pappy? "If umami is one of the five basic tastes, then I want the sixth undiscovered taste to…
“The existence of thesis defense implies the existence of thebro attack”
A "thesis" has nothing to do with a "sister" or "sis," but there are "thebro" (from "brother" or "bro") jokes. "What do you call a…
“The existence of umami implies the existence of udaddy”
Umami (often pronounced like "you mammy") implies the existence of what? You daddy? You pappy? "If umami is one of the five basic tastes, then I want the sixth undiscovered taste to…
“The existence of umami implies the existence of udadi”
Umami (often pronounced like "you mammy") implies the existence of what? You daddy? You pappy? "If umami is one of the five basic tastes, then I want the sixth undiscovered taste to…