Seven-Course Meal (includes six pack of beer)
The six-pack of beer became popular in the 1960s, along with the "seven-course dinner/meal" joke -- a six pack and one other food item. The "Irish gourmet dinner" or "Irish…
Archive for 07/2014
“Always Be Clicking” (“ABC” of the Internet)
"Always Be Clicking" (the "ABC" of the Internet) is a similar expression to "Always Be Closing" (the "ABC" of selling). "Always Be Clicking" was…
Fidouchebag (fiduciary/finance + douchebag)
"Fidouchebag" (fiduciary/finance + douchebag) is a term that was popularly used by Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's The Daily Show on July 30, 2014. The term has been cited in print…
“An SEO copywriter walks into a bar, grill, pub, public house…” (joke)
“So this SEO copywriter walks into a bar, grill, pub, public house, Irish bar, bartender, drinks, beer, wine, liquor” This joke has been cited in print since at least December 2010 and became…
Parkwanus (Park Slope + Gowanus)
"Parkwanus" (Park Slope + Gowanus) began as a joke on the blog F'ed in Park Slope on June 21, 2013: "Given the quality of Dino's BBQ, I feel like they kind of deserve to be…
Bedwick (Bed-Stuy + Bushwick)
The Brooklyn neighborhood of "Bedwick" (Bedford-Stuyvesant + Bushwick) was used in a real estate advertisement and was reported on the blog Curbed NY on August 5, 2013. The term has been…
Quooklyn (Queens + Brooklyn)
Ligaya Mishan wrote in the New York (NY) Times on June 12, 2014: "You are 10 stops out of Manhattan on the L line, in the borderland where Bushwick, Brooklyn, blurs into Ridgewood, Queens.…
Church of the Generals (St. John’s Episcopal Church, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn)
St. John's Episcopal Church, 9818 Fort Hamilton Parkway in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, was dedicated in 1834 and was located near the United States Army installation at Fort Hamilton.…
“Our tongue sandwiches speak for themselves” (deli/restaurant sign)
"Our tongue sandwiches speak for themselves" is an old joke about a sign in a deli or restaurant, but such signs actually did exist. "'Our tongue sandwiches speak for…
Jersey Breakfast or Triple Bypass (Taylor Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese)
John Taylor (1836-1909), of Trenton, New Jersey, formed the Taylor Provision Company in 1888, although it's often given that the famous 'Taylor ham" was first made in 1856. The name…
“Power is the great aphrodisiac” (“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac”)
Many things (fame, money, power, LSD) have been described as aphrodisiacs. "Powetr is what they like -- it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs." is credited to French emperor and general
“What’s the slowest soup a chef can prepare?”/“Turtle soup.”
Turtle soup has a joke: "What's the slowest soup a chef can prepare?""Turtle soup." The joke appeared in "MIGHTY FUNNY'S Mini Jokes" on The Mini Page by…
“Do you want to hear a construction joke?”/“I’m working on it.”
The construction industry has a joke that's told about it: "Do you want to hear a construction joke? Sorry, It'm still working on it." The joke has been cited in print since at…
“Women go to the theatre and men are brought there” (theatre adage)
It's long been known that women go to the theatre more often than men. Michael Colgan, artistic director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, said in 2001: "I did coin that phrase…
“The best fertilizer is the gardener’s shadow”
"the best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow" is a popular gardening proverb that's often said to come from China. However, a direct Chinese source is not known. "Our…
Big Apple of the Midwest (Columbus, Ohio nickname)
Several cities of the Midwest have been called the 'Big Apple of the Midwest." Minneapolis, Minnesota ("Mini-Apple") and Manhattan, Kansas ("Little Apple")…
“A consultant is someone who lives out of town”
"Consultant" is often defined as someone who lives out of town -- or at least 50 or 100 miles away. The consultant is called in, says the obvious, and then leaves. “A consultant is…
“I’ll have burnt toast and cold coffee” (restaurant customer joke)
An old joke has a sarcastic restaurant customer ordering a terrible breakfast of hard eggs, burned and cold toast, and weak coffee. The waitress tells him that it would be difficult to make. The…
“No one gets sick on Wednesdays”
The old joke is that "no one gets sick on Wednesdays" -- people get sick on a Monday or a Friday to extend the weekend, but not in the middle of the week. The only people to get sick (or,…
“My family’s in the iron and steel business” (joke)
"My family's in the iron and steel business," goes an old joke. "My mother irons and my father steals." The joke appeared in a college humor magazine in 1930 (the Google…