New York City is no stranger to prostitution. Polly Adler wrote a book about it (A House Is Not a Home). Some of her quotes have been memorable. Wikipedia: Polly AdlerPearl "Polly" Adler…
Henry Stern was a former New York City Councilman and Parks Commissioner and now runs NY Civic (www.nycivic.org). He said, some time in the 1960s, that the New York City Council was less than a…
"Different strokes for different folks" means that people have different styles and tastes, or different ways of doing something. What's good (or works) for one person might not be…
“Easy peasy lemon squeezy” is a way of saying that something is easy. "Difficult difficult lemon difficult" (or "When you thought everything would be easy peasy lemon squeezy,…
"Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on October 24, 2013, and is of unknown…
A gardening adage is that it's better to dig a five-dollar hole for a fifty-cent plant than to big a fifty-cent hole for a five-dollar plant. A good plant won't grow well in bad soil, but…
The digestive biscuit originated in Scotland. There is no "indigestive biscuit," but there are jokes. "So...what do we have in the US...'indigestive' biscuits???" was…
A pun on "boring job" was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on September 23, 2000: "If you operate a drill press, you have a boring job. (Pun of the Day)" "Digging…
"Digital ID and digital CURRENCY is a PRISON for every man , woman and CHILD on EARTH" was posted on Facebook by Lamilton West on September 23, 2022. "DIGITAL ID & DIGITAL…
Digital ID has the advantage of convenience, but there are some privacy disadvantages. "A DIGITAL ID IS NOT TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF. IT'S TO TRACK AND TRACE YOUR EVERY MOVE" (shown on…
"Dignity is one thing that can't be preserved in alcohol" is a saying that dates to the Prohibition era in 1928, when it appeared in the newspaper comic strip "Flapper Fanny…
"Dihydrogen monoxide is deliberately sprayed on organic crops" -- "dihydrogen monoxide" is water -- is a joke that has been printed on many images. "Dihydrogen monoxide is…
There is a "piccolo" (a wind instrument), there is a "dill pickle" (a pickled cucumber) and then there is a "dill piccolo -- the wind instrument that plays only sour…
"Subourbon" (suburb + bourbon) is a portmanteau word that is mostly jocular. "What do they drink in The Southern Suburbs? Subourbon!" was posted on Twitter by Bosse Löthén on…
Dim sum (a large range of small Chinese dishes) has nothing to do with a mathematical "sum," but there are jokes. "DIM SUM! (bright difference?)" was posted on Twitter by Ray L…
Dim sum (a large range of small Chinese dishes) has nothing to do with a mathematical "sum," but there are jokes. "DIM SUM! (bright difference?)" was posted on Twitter by Ray L…
A house guest (or someone in a restaurant or a store) might ask, "Do you have a bathroom?" This really means, "Where is the bathroom and I can use it now?" However, a literal,…
A joke about ordering spaghetti in a restaurant is: Diner: Waiter, how long will my spaghetti be?Waiter: I don't know, sir. We never measure it. The joke was printed in American newspapers in…
A joke was printed in the Greensboro (NC) Record on October 22, 1925: Diner: "This soup is terrible! Send the manager here right away!"Waiter: "It's no use, sir. He won't…
A Jewish joke involves a diner (named Frieda or Freda or Miriam or Ethel or Izzy) who complains about a restaurant's food. "I've tasted fresher fish," the diner says. "Not…