“What may be done at any time will be done at no time”
"What may be done at any time will be done at no time" is an adage that has been printed on many images. "What my be done at any Time, will be done at no Time" was included in…
Art/Sculpture
“What month do Christmas trees hate the most?”/“Septimber!”
A tree riddle is popular in September. "What month do Christmas trees hate the most? Septimber! " was printed in Newsday (Hempstead, NY) on December 15, 2002. "Q: What month do trees…
“What month do trees hate the most?”/“Sep-timber.”
A tree riddle is popular in September. "What month do Christmas trees hate the most? Septimber! " was printed in Newsday (Hempstead, NY) on December 15, 2002. "Q: What month do trees…
“What music do more sophisticated frogs listen to?”/“Hopera.”
Frogs allegedly like the opera, or rather, "hopera" ("hop" + "opera"). "Where do musical frogs perform? The hopera house haha!!" was posted on X/Twitter by…
“What music do planets listen to?”/“Neptunes.”
A planetary music riddle was posted on Twitter by Holly on August 10, 2012: Q: What kind of music do planets sing?A: Neptunes! A similar riddle was posted on Twitter by Bobby Amasha on October 8,…
“What musical instrument goes with cheese?”/“Picklelo.”
A piccolo (a musical instrument) doesn't contain any pickles, but there's a riddle: Q: What musical instrument goes with cheese?A: Picklelo. The piccolo pickle pun -- with cheese -- has…
“What musical instrument goes with cheese?”/“Picklelo.”
A piccolo (a musical instrument) doesn't contain any pickles, but there's a riddle: Q: What musical instrument goes with cheese?A: Picklelo. The piccolo pickle pun -- with cheese -- has…
“What nationality is Santa Claus?”/“North Polish.”
Santa Claus is said to live in the North Pole, and there are at least two riddles about it. A language riddle is from 1938: Q: What language does Santa Claus speak?A: North Polish. A nationality is…
“What New Yorkers Line Up For” (Soup Man)
The "Soup Man," Al Yeganeh, became famous overnight after the "Soup Nazi" episode of the tv show Seinfeld. (See "Soup Nazi" in the food section here.) He has…
“What New Yorkers Watch” & “As New York As It Gets” (WNYW, Fox 5)
Channel 5 (FOX network) television (WNYW) has the slogan "What New Yorkers Watch." The news program's slogan is "As New York As It Gets." http://www.fox5ny.com/…
“What news on the Rialto?” (Rialto theatre district)
"The Rialto" was the 14th Street theatre district. The theatre district has long since moved uptown, and "the Rialto" is no longer used. The term was extremely popular in the…
“What newspaper do cows read?”/“The Daily Moos.”
The Daily News (New York, NY) has a cow riddle: Q: What newspaper do cows read?A: The Daily Moos. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1979. “What newspaper do cows…
“What newspaper do cows read?”/“The Moo York Times.”
The New York (NY) Times has a cow riddle: Q: What newspaper do cows read?A: The Moo York Times. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2009. The cow riddle was popularized on the American…
“What nut has no shell?”/“A dough-nut.”
A donut/doughnut riddle is: Q: What nut has no shell?A: A dough-nut. "What's the only nut without a shell? A doughnut" was published in The Evening World (New York, NY) on April 2,…
“What Orwell failed to predict was that we’d buy the cameras ourselves, and our biggest fear…”
"What Orwell failed to predict was that we’d buy the cameras ourselves, and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…
“What other mountain fluids would make a good soda?”
"What other mountain fluids would make a good soda?" was posted on X/Twitter by Kip Conlon on July 10, 2020, and this received over 830 likes. This is a joke on Mountain Dew, a soft drink…
“What Our Recovery Knows” (“work” backronym)
"What Our Recovery Knows" is a backronym (back acronym) of the word "work." "AA-related 'Alconym' . . .W O R K = What Our Recovery Knows" was posted on the…
“What pan is the best to make sushi in?”/“Japan.”
A sushi riddle was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on June 30, 2017: Q: What's the best kind of pan to make sushi in?A: Japan. The riddle -- slightly reworded -- was posted again on Reddit --…
“What part of ‘I don’t want to spend anymore money’ don’t I understand?”
"What part of 'I don’t want to spend anymore money' don’t I understand?" -- "I understand," not "you understand" -- is a jocular saying about spending…
“What part of libertarianism bothers you?” (meme)
"What part of libertarianism bothers you? The part where you have to make decisions about your own life? Or the part where you don't get to make my decisions for me?" is a saying…