“The ear’s loss is the palate’s gain” (opening champagne)
"The ear's loss is the palate's gain" describes the pop of opening a bottle of champagne. The saying has been cited in print since at least November 2009, but it could be much…
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“The early bird can have the worm because worms are gross and mornings are stupid”
"The early bird catches the worm" is an old proverb. "The early bird can have the worm because worms are gross and mornings are stupid" is a jocular saying that has been printed…
“The early bird can have the worm. I’ll take coffee”
"The early bird gets the worm" is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century. It means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. However, most people want an…
“The early bird can have the worm. Just give me my coffee”
"The early bird gets the worm" is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century. It means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. However, most people want an…
“The early bird can have the worm. Worms are gross and I prefer coffee”
"The early bird gets the worm" is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century. It means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. However, most people want an…
“The early bird catches the worm, but the early worm gets eaten”
"The early bird catches the worm" is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century; it means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. However, what about the…
“The early bird gets to cry for a little bit longer in the work parking lot”
"The early bird catcheth the worm" is included in A Collection of English Proverbs: (1670) by John Ray. The proverb seems to mean that arriving at work early will lead to success, but…
“The early bird makes the coffee”
"The early bird catches the worm” is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century; it means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. "The early bird makes…
“The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese”
"The early bird catches the worm" is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century; it means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. However, the person who…
“The Earth is 70% uncarbonated water. Therefore the Earth is flat”
There is carbonated water and there is non-carbonated water, sometimes called "flat" water. This plays into a flat earth joke. "If the earth is 71% water and it's not…
“The earth is a resort for like 500 rich people and the rest of us are just the staff”
Many people feel that the rich own the world and everyone else seems to be just there to serve them. "My coworker and I were talking about capitalism and he said this: 'the earth is a…
“The earth is not overpopulated, the government is”
"Our Earth is not overpopulated, the g0vernment is" (shown on an image) was posted on Instagram by 1776.american.mama on August 8, 2023, and this received over 71,000 likes. "Earth…
“The earth used to be flat…until they buried yo mama”
A popular "yo mama" insult "fat joke" is: "The earth used to be flat...until they buried yo mama." "Yo mamas so fat, the earth was flat until somebody buried…
“The easiest way to avoid a hangover is to just stay drunk”
"The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk" is a jocular statement that is sometimes credited to American writer Dorothy Parker (1893-1967). There's no evidence that she said…
“The easiest way to bundle your home and auto insurance is to live in your car”
Insurance companies sometimes offer a bundle of home and auto insurance. This was posted on X/Twitter by tweetpotato314.bsky.social on January 28, 2019, and it received over 5,000 likes: "the…
“The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement”
"The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. San Francisco (CA) Examiner and Chronicle…
“The easiest way to make money is to stop losing it”
Entry in progress -- B.P. 8 March 1896, Syracuse (NY) Standard, pg. 7, col. 3:The easiest way to make money is by saving it.(Butler & Johnson -- ed.) 4 September 1896, Daily Kennebec Journal…
“The economy is so bad that CEOs are now playing miniature golf”
"The economy is so bad that CEOs are now playing miniature golf" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. A stereotype is that the chief executive officers of…
“The economy is so bad that scam messages went from ‘you won the lottery’ to ‘remote job available $18/hr’”
When the economy is bad, people are desperate for even very little. This was posted on X/Twitter by Neet on July 15, 2026, and it received over 298,000 likes: "The economy is so bad that scam…
“The economy is too important to be left to economists”
"War is too important to be left to the generals" is a famous quote, attributed to Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929). The quotation has also become famous in an economics version.…