Big Potato (jocular mistake for “Big Apple”)
New York City is called the "Big Apple," not the "Big Potato." However, Betty White, playing the character Rose Nylund on the television sitcom The Golden Girls, the "Sick…
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“The crowd at the cannibal’s party grew silent when he announced he would be serving finger foods”
"Finger foods" are small edibles that are eaten using fingers, but sometimes, as some jokes have it, "finger foods" are actually fingers. A joke was posted on the website Pun of…
“A sheep, a drum and a snake fall off a cliff. Ba-Dum-Tss”
The rimshot became famous as a drummer's support of a comedian after a (usually bad or unusually corny) joke. The drum sounds are written as "boom boom" and "ba dum tss."…
“I never run with scissors. Those last two words were unnecessary”
"I never run with scissors. Those last two words were unnecessary" is a jocular anti-running saying that has been printed on many images. Children are often told not to run while carrying…
“I used to work in a diving school, but the company went under”
A company that's bankrupt and closes is said to have "gone under" (as if buried). There are several diving company/school jokes. "Friend's had to cancel his deep sea diving…
“To the people who lose one shoe on the highway: Please tell me what the rest of your life is like”
One shoe -- not two -- can be found on the sides of highways. A joke was posted on Twitter by ratthew on September 25, 2015: "To the people who lose one shoe on the side of the highway: Please…
“Food is the most abused anti-anxiety drug. Exercise is the most underutilized antidepressant”
"Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug (in America). Exercise is the most underutilized antidepressant" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "'Food is…
“My GPS just told me to turn around. Now I can’t see where I’m driving”
When a car's GPS says "turn around," it means the car -- not the driver. A joke was posted on Twitter on May 14, 2015: "My GPS just told me to turn around. Now I can’t see…