“Hickory dickory dock, two mice ran up the clock…” (joke)
“Hickory Dickory Dock” is a popular English nursery rhyme. A joke was told on radio and printed in the Sheboygan (WI) Press on September 8, 1936: "Hickory dickory dock...Two mice ran up…
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“Hide from wind, run from water” (hurricane adage)
"Hide from (the) wind, run from (the) water" is a saying that has been used from Florida to Texas by emergency management teams for hurricane preparedness. The author of the saying is…
“High blood pressure implies the existence of high crip pressure”
The Bloods and the Crips are rival street gangs. "RT @Elle_Boogz: Giving me high blood pressure 😠>high crip pressure" was posted on X/Twitter by Miranda Baely on October 2, 2012.…
“High school bands go to football games, but football players don’t attend band concerts”
A high school band plays at football games, but football players usually don't go to band concerts. "I have a dream...that one day, the football players will attend the band concerts and…
“High school is like a free trial on education” (college joke)
High school is usually free (paid by government taxes); college is usually very expensive. "High school is like a free trial. It's cool and all but most of the fun stuff is locked unless…
“High school teams adjust next game; college teams next half; NFL teams next series”
Miami (FL) Herald sportswriter Armando Salguero, in January 2012, compared the high school football game to the faster college game to the even faster NFL game: "There's an old adage…
“High taxes don’t redistribute income, they redistribute people”
Entry in progress -- B.P. BizzyBlogNovember 30, 2005Voting with Our Feet, Part 5: Willisms Looks at State Migration Patterns(...)COMMENTSGeorge Gilder summed it up years ago. “Taxes don’t…
“Higher education helps your earning capacity. Ask any college professor.”
"Higher education helps your earning capacity. Ask any college professor" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many websites. The saying has been cited in print since at least…
“Highlighter pens are the future. Mark my words”
"Mark my words" is an expression meaning that one should remember what the speak is saying. "Mark my words" usually does not involve literally marking words, but there are…
“Hill of beans” (idiom)
"Hill of beans" (or "not worth a hill of beans") means a worthless thing or endeavor; a "bean" isn't worth much, so a "hill of beans" isn't worth…
“Hip hop onions are rap scallions”
If a scallion starts to rhyme, does that make it a "rap scallion"? There have been many puns. "And J.M. is an unsavory rap-scallion"/"Scallions do rap music? I did not know…
“Hippies use side door” (restaurant sign)
"Hippies Use Side Door" is a sign that has decorated many restaurants in the 2000s, as a piece of joke nostalgia. The Fairview Inn (Talkeetna, Alaska) actually had such a sign in the…
“Hipster ghosts are too ghoul for school”
"Too cool for school" is an old saying. "Too ghoul for school" is a popular Halloween saying from at least the 2000s. "Hipster ghosts are too ghoul for school" was…
“Hire character. Train skill”
"Hire character, train skill" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. "Hire character, train skill" has been credited since 2005 to former Porsche CEO and…
“Hire for attitude, train for skills”
"Hire for attitude, train for skills" (or "Hire attitude, train skills") is a business saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship o the saying is unknown.…
“Hire someone, fire someone, and rearrange the furniture” (a new CEO’s tasks)
American author, consultant and lecturer James C. "Jim" Collins said this, as reported by August Turak in Forbes on August 16, 2012: ' "The next tip is move quickly. One day he…
“Hire teenagers now, while they still know everything”
"Hire a teenager while they still know everything" is a popular sign. Ann Landers gave advice in July 1967, "Confidential to Sick of Bossy Parents: So why don't you get out on…
“His insomnia was so bad, he couldn’t sleep during office hours”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Arthur "Bugs" BaerArthur "Bugs" Baer (January 9, 1886 – May 17, 1969) was an American journalist and humorist. Baer was prominent in the…
“His limitations are limitless”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Danny OzarkDaniel Leonard Ozark, born Daniel Leonard Orzechowski (November 24, 1923 — May 7, 2009) was an American coach and manager in Major League Baseball.…
“His Prices Are Insane!” (Crazy Eddie)
People still talk about Crazy Eddie, the bankrupt electronics store with those loud ads for insanely low prices. The commercials (one is preserved in the movie Splash) ran from about 1975 to 1989.…