"The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate" is a saying that has been printed on many images. American newspaper columnist Doug Larson (1926-2017) wrote this in…
Many restaurants have "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs. "Good thing your phone company doesn't have one of those 'no shirt no shoes no service' signs" was…
Many restaurants have "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs. "Good thing your phone company doesn't have one of those 'no shirt no shoes no service' signs" was…
Many diners ask for "coke" when they want a soda. If the establishment has Pepsi cola instead of Coca-Cola, a server usually asks, "Is Pepsi okay (as a substitute drink)?" Pepsi…
Bonsai trees are small. A joke is was posted on Twitter by Dave Roberts on October 21, 2013:: "What do I know about bonsai trees? Very little." Wikipedia: BonsaiBonsai (Japanese: 盆栽,…
"Repetition makes reputation, and reputation makes customers" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It's repetition that makes reputation in the coal business"…
"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The quotation is from Doug Larson…
"Homo" (for "homosexual") is/was an LGBTQ nickname, and the term "homo set" was used for the community. "Two 'private' clubs packing in the homo set…
"Lavender" is/was an LGBTQ nickname, and the term "lavender set" was used for the community. "L.I. cops have started a campaign to rid Fire Island of its lavender set"…
"Swish" (for "homosexual") is/was an LGBTQ nickname, and the term "swish set" was used for the community. "New York's Swish Set" was printed in the…
A "gay bar" is a bar where "gay" (LGBTQ) people are welcome. "The swish-set back here is giggling about a cop in Yonkers, who makes the rounds of the gay bars there -- not…
Can Wikipedia explain everything? A joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 9, 2015: "I was accused of illegally downloading the entirety of Wikipedia. I told them I could explain…
"Do colorblind ppl see Colorado as just Ado, cause they can’t see Color??" =is a jocular one-liner that was posted on Twitter by 👁Jonny Boy 👁 on April 17, 2019. "normal ppl:…
"Vegan" sometimes sounds like "ve-gun." A riddle was printed on an image on January 9, 2017: Q: What gun doesn't kill things?A: A vegun. TwitterMcDonalds Sprite…
Toronto, Canada, is called the "Big Smoke." The nickname has been cited in print since at least April 10, 1959, when it was used in the Barrie (ON) Examiner. "Big Smoke" was…
The city of Paris, France is known as "The City of Light" (La Ville Lumière), and many other cities have also used this nickname. It's often said, as stated in Wikipedia, that the…
Many cities have been nicknamed "Sin City." in the 1950s. the cities of Miami, Florida; Phenix City, Alabama; and Utica, New York, were all called "Sin City." Las Vegas, Nevada,…
American poet Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) called Chicago, Illinois, the "City of the Big Shoulders" in his poem "Chicago" that was published in Poetry magazine in March 1914. The…
"Emergency" sounds like "emergent sea." "I phoned the plumbing hotline to tell them about a salt water flood rising up from the floor, but they said it wasn't an…
"Internyet" is a portmanteau word of "internet" and "nyet" (Russian for "no"). "Internyet - for when you can't access the Net in Russia" was…