The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak resulted in many people not shaking hands; the coronavirus also resulted in toilet paper shortages. A joke was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on March 8, 2020:…
In Roman numerals, D=500 and I=1. "ID" is 500-1 or 499. "This girl wrote the roman numeral for 499 as ID on her math test lmaoooo" was posted on Twitter by David Hill on October…
"Spanakopita" is a Greek spinach-cheese pie. It's an unusual name, and is sometimes jocularly spelled "spankopedia" (like "spank" and "Wikipedia"). Some…
"The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands" is a song (music by Gene De Paul and lyrics by Johnny Mercer) in the 1956 Broadway musical Li'l Abner. The song is a satirical look at…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in social distancing measures. "The Flat Earth Society are reporting that the two meter social distancing measures are pushing some of their members…
How hot is it in Texas? It's so hot that "the cows are giving evaporated milk." This "evaporated milk" joke (and many others like it) has been on the internet since at…
"The crab didn't see his shadow today... which means 52 more weeks of random weather" is a Groundhog Day joke (crab version) that has been printed on several images. The joke…
Dr. Laurence J. Peter, along with co-author Raymond Hull (1919-1985), wrote The Peter Principle (1969), stating "in a hierarchy every employee tend to rise to his level of incompetence."…
"Finger foods" are small edibles that are eaten using fingers, but sometimes, as some jokes have it, "finger foods" are actually fingers. A joke was posted on the website Pun of…
"The crowd is always wrong" or "The public is always wrong" is a Wall Street proverb that dates to at least 1915, where it is cited in the writings of Bertie Charles Forbes…
In the song "Stink-foot" on the album Apostrophe ( ' ) (1974), Frank Zappa wrote: "The crux of the biscuit/ Is the Apostrophe. "The crux of the biscuit" means the same…
"A cupcake is like a muffin's slutty cousin" is a jocular food saying that has been printed on an image. "The cupcake is just the slutty cousin of the muffin" was posted on…
Black seed oil (Nigella Sativa) is often said to be "the cure for everything but/except death." "Abu Hurayra quoted Muhammad saying: 'Utilize the black seed for without a doubt,…
Black seed oil (Nigella Sativa) is often said to be "the cure for everything but/except death." "Abu Hurayra quoted Muhammad saying: 'Utilize the black seed for without a doubt,…
"The cure/remedy/solution for high prices is high(er) prices" is a popular commodities axiom. With high prices or higher prices, supply is increased and demand is decreased, thus lowering…
New York Governor Al Smith (1873-1944) said in 1923: "If there are any ills that democracy is suffering from today, they can only be cured by more democracy." The quote was part of a…
"Think of the currency as the share price of a country" was cited in Newsweek on June 23, 2002. The analogy has become popular and has been frequently cited in the financial media.…
Who started the slogan "The customer is always right"? Was it department store founder Marshall Field (1834-1906) of Chicago? The first citations in 1905 seem to indicate this. "The…
Who started the slogan "The customer is always right"? Was it department store founder Marshall Field (1834-1906) of Chicago? The first citations in 1905 seem to indicate this. "The…
"The customer is always right" is a business slogan. "The customer is not always right. Sometimes the customer is a twat!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many…