“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty went topless”
"It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty..." has been the start of many jokes. "It was so hot here in New York today, the Statue of Liberty was wearing shorts and a…
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“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty went topless”
"It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty..." has been the start of many jokes. "It was so hot here in New York today, the Statue of Liberty was wearing shorts and a…
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty wore a bikini”
"It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty..." has been the start of many jokes. "It was so hot here in New York today, the Statue of Liberty was wearing shorts and a…
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty wore a bikini”
"It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty..." has been the start of many jokes. "It was so hot here in New York today, the Statue of Liberty was wearing shorts and a…
“It was so hot in New York that you could fry an egg on the sidewalk”
"It's so hot," runs the expression, "that you can fry an egg on the sidewalk!" New York City has plenty of sidewalks. Is it ever possible to fry an egg on one? A…
“It was so hot today that I saw two fire hydrants fighting over a dog”
Dogs often pee on fire hydrants, and this is the basis of a heat joke. "It's so hot that I just saw two fire hydrants fighting over a dog" was printed in the Troy (OH) Daily News on…
“It was so windy that when I was walking to the gym, I got blown into the wine store”
"It was so windy that when I was walking to the gym, I got blown into the wine store" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "It was so windy that when I…
“It was so windy that when I was walking to the gym, I got blown into the wine store”
"It was so windy that when I was walking to the gym, I got blown into the wine store" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "It was so windy that when I…
“It was supposed to be a battle against the pandemic to protect the people…”
"It was supposed to be a battle against the pandemic to protect the people. It became a battle against the people to protect the pandemic" is a saying that has been printed on several…
“It was supposed to be a fight against the pandemic to protect the people…”
"It was supposed to be a fight against the pandemic to protect the people. It became a fight against the people to protect the pandemic" has been said about the COVID-19 (coronavirus)…
“It was the best of shires, it was the Worcestershire’s”
"It was the best of shires, it was the Worcestershire’s" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The pun is on the famous opening line of the historical novel by Charles…
“It was the best of shires, it was the worst of shires” (Worcestershire’s)
"It was the best of shires, it was the Worcestershire’s" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The pun is on the famous opening line of the historical novel by Charles…
“It was the bestestershire, it was the worcestershire”
Government often has "emergency" exceptions to laws. "If you let the government break the law because of an 'emergency', they will always create an 'emergency' to…
“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark” (planning proverb)
"It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark" is a proverbial saying that means that one should plan ahead. "It Wasn't Raining When Noah Commenced the Ark" was cited in…
“It wasn’t school John disliked, it was just the principal of it”
"Principal" and "principle" are often confused. A joke was published in Life (a New York City humor magazine) on February 4, 1926, and was frequently reprinted in newspapers:…
“It will always be New York or nowhere”
Quincy Moore founded the lifestyle brand Knowlita in 2015, and Knowlita sold "New York or Nowhere" shirts. In 2020, Moore formed a company with Liz Eswein called New York or Nowhere…
“It will fluctuate” (J. Pierpont Morgan?)
A widely cited incident involves when J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) was asked by someone what the market would do that day. "It will fluctuate, young man. It will fluctuate," Morgan reportedly…
“It will forever be a mystery to me how the foil completely covers a full easter egg, you eat half, then the foil is somehow no longer big enough to even cover a half”
A chocolate Easter egg usually has a thin foil wrapping. When people eat half an egg and then try to cover it up, they find that there's not enough foil to cover it again. "My mind is…
“It will snow. It is snowing. It snows. It snew. It has snode”
"It snode" (for "it snowed") is a snow spelling/saying/meme that has been printed on many images. "It snew" has also been used and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary…
“It will take an act of Congress” (idiom)
"It will take an act of Congress" is often not meant literally, but is used as an idiom -- for example, "it will take an act of Congress to get him a date." "It will take…