“I’m aging like a fine banana”
"Aging like fine wine" is a saying meaning that someone/something is getting better with age. Bananas spoil very quickly. "Aging like a fine banana" means that someone/something…
Archive for 11/2019
“I’m just a man, a man struggling to open a plastic vegetable bag at the grocery store”
The plastic vegetable bags at supermarkets are sometimes difficult to open, especially for men who are unfamiliar with them. "I'm just a man, a man struggling to open a plastic vegetable…
“Don’t blame the baker when the butcher bakes the bread”
In the movie 7 Seconds (2005). the Russian character Alexsie Kutchinov (played by Pete Lee-Wilson) says: "We have a saying in my country: 'Don't blame the baker when the butcher…
“If you eat enough beans, any chair can be musical”
A joke on the game of "musical chairs" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on November 9, 2019: "If you eat enough beans, any chair can be musical." The joke is that eating…
Foodie Call (foodie + booty call)
A "foodie call" (foodie + booty call) is when someone calls another (usually a romantic involvement), but for food (such as to go out to a restaurant or to order delivery) and not for…
“If you eat enough beans, any chair can be musical”
A joke on the game of "musical chairs" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on November 9, 2019: "If you eat enough beans, any chair can be musical." The joke is that eating…
“All that and a bag of chips” (intensifier of “all that”)
"All that and a bag of chips: Intensifier for 'all that'" was printed in a slang article in The Sun (Baltimore, MD) on August 19, 1991. The term, as stated in the article, is an…
“I keep imagining I’m holding an invisible pack of cards. No one knows what I’m dealing with”
The expression “to deal with” usually doesn’t involve playing cards, but there are jokes. "I keep imagining I'm holding an invisible pack of cards. No one knows what I'm…
“Someone has glued my pack of cards together. I don’t know how to deal with it”
The expression "deal with it" usually doesn't involve playing cards, but there are jokes. "I cant deal with it....Like a deck of cards glued together" was posted on Twitter…
“I played frisbee with my dog today. I think I need a flatter dog”
"I try to do a bit of exercise every now and then. Last week I was playing Frisbee with my dog, It wasn't very good. I'll have to get a flatter dog" is a joke from Irish actor…
“Money talks, nobody walks”
"Money talks” (meaning that money has influence) is an old financial saying, cited in print in various forms from before 1700. "Money talks" was printed in several American…
“Money talks, bullshit walks”
"Money talks” (meaning that money has influence) is an old financial saying, cited in print in various forms from before 1700. "Money talks" was printed in several American…
“Money talks” (proverb)
"Money talks" is a proverb that means money has influence and power. “Man prates, but gold speaks" was printed in Piazza Universale di Proverbi Italiani: or, A Common Place of…
“Snow in November happens because people prematurely decorate for Christmas in October”
Do people put up Christmas lights too early? And does that bring on winter even faster? Sayings that snow in November is caused by people prematurely decorating for Christmas have been printed on…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Short and Simple)
"KISS" (also called the "KISS principle" or "KISS system") usually stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Like the harmless kiss, the KISS principle -- used in…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Small and Simple)
"KISS" (also called the "KISS principle" or "KISS system") usually stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Like the harmless kiss, the KISS principle -- used in…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Stupid Simple)
"KISS" (also called the "KISS principle" or "KISS system") usually stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Like the harmless kiss, the KISS principle -- used in…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Sweetie)
"KISS" (also called the "KISS principle" or "KISS system") usually stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Like the harmless kiss, the KISS principle -- used in…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple and Straightforward)
"KISS" (also called the "KISS principle" or "KISS system") usually stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Like the harmless kiss, the KISS principle -- used in…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Silly)
"KISS" (also called the "KISS principle" or "KISS system") usually stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." Like the harmless kiss, the KISS principle -- used in…