This problem in egg logic was posted on X/Twitter by Jum on August 4, 2026, and it received over 32,000 likes: "1 hard boiled egg? Perfect. Fried eggs? Just two and I'm good. Scrambled…
New York-born Ira Siff created La Gran Scena Opera Co. in 1981, often featuring Siff's diva character, Madame Vera Galupe-Borszkh. In the recording "Forgeef Me My Enklish": the Wit…
"1% control the world. 4% are their puppets. 90% are asleep. 5% know and try to wake the 90%. The 1% use the 4% to prevent the 5% from waking up the 90%" is a saying that has been printed…
"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…
"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…
"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…
"11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today" is a work saying that has been printed on many images, often with different hours. "11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm -…
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel columnist Alex Thien wrote on July 1, 1993: "There was a time when only poor people had horses and only the rich had cars. And now only the poor people have cars and…
"Correlation does not imply causation" is a popular phase. "Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying" (also "Everyone who confuses…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A lemmings version is: "20 lemmings walk into a bar. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!…
"11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today" is a work saying that has been printed on many images, often with different hours. "11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm -…
The year 2020 was not a good year for many people, since it included the coronavirus pandemic
Newspapers.com23 May 1933, Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), "On Broadway" by Walter Winchell, pg. 10, col. 4: Code. A Hollywood soda-jerker forwards this glossary of soda-fountain lingo out…
Newspapers.com 27 September 1981, The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), "Counterwailing" by Dan Carlinsky, Suburdia Today, pg. 18, col. 4: 14. Special order. Newspapers.com 10 July 1985,…
The internet is often compared to the "real world." Noah Smith posted an observation on Twitter on August 28, 2017 that immediately went viral: "15 years ago, the internet was an…
Newspapers.com17 September 1971, The Messenger (Madisonville, KY), "'Hash-House Greek' Colorful U.S. Slang" by Dan Carlinsky (New York Times), pg. 6, col. 3: nineteen. Banana…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in the closures of non-essential businesses. Liquor stores -- and, in some states, marijuana stores -- were deemed essential businesses. "1920:…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in the closures of non-essential businesses. Liquor stores -- and, in some states, marijuana stores -- were deemed essential businesses. "1920:…
Many schools require students to read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) -- an anti-authoritarian novel. The American television series Community aired the episode "Digital…