“Cereal tastes better at night”
Many people believe that cereal tastes better at night than it does at breakfast.Perhaps that is because at night, cereal becomes a snack (a guilty pleasure) and a much-needed sugar boost.…
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“‘You are what you eat.’ I don’t remember eating a massive disappointment”
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…
“If you get a loan at a bank, you pay it for 30 years. If you rob a bank, you’re out in 10 years”
"If you get a loan at a bank you pay it for 30 years. If you rob a bank, you’re out in 10 years. Follow me for more financial advice" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The…
Complicity Theorist
The term "complicity theorist" -- the opposite of "conspiracy theorist" -- has been defined on a meme. The "complicity theorist" term had been only infrequently used…
Twindemic (twin + -demic)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic< was feared to exist alongside a flu epidemic. The word "twindemic" (twin +epidemic/pandemic) was coined. "H1N1 & Covid-19=twindemic"…
“There are only two places in this league: first place and no place”
New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (1944-2020) was committed to winning. The New York (NY) Times quoted him on April 6, 1971: "There are only two places in this league: first place and no…