A popular aviation riddle about the Wright Brothers is: Q: If two wrongs don't make a right, what do two rights make?A: An airplane. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1969.…
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy" is a popular quotation that has been credited to James Madison (1751-1836), but there is…
“Dominance and submission” or “dom/sub” doesn't mean that for every "subway" there must exist also a "domway," but there are jokes. Some jokes involve the…
"If vaccines worked, only the elite would be vaccinated" is an anti-vaccination saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker believes that the elite operate on what is best…
A not-safe-for-work joke is told about Valentine's Day. "If Valentines Day is for lovers... what day is for single men... Palm Sunday" was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on…
"If vegetables are so good, why do vegans always try to make them taste like meat?" is a saying that has been printedon several images. "If vegetables are so good, why do vegans…
"If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food?" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several signs. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2000…
Entry in progress -- B.P. [This entry was prepared with the assistance of Garson O'Toole, the Quote Investigator.] “If vaccines worked, only the elite would be vaccinated” is a similar…
"If war and infrastructure spending helps the economy, why don't we just bomb our own cities?" is shown on a meme, as posted on Facebook by Tung Nguyen on March 19, 2024. Authorship…
"If wars can be started by lies, (then) peace can be started by truth" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Julian Assange, the director of WikiLeaks, said at an anti-war…
A temporary closure of the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021 caused gas shortages in the United States. Some people applied Coivd-19 (coronavirus) pandemic logic to the problem. "Maybe if everyone…
People don't write in cursive or drive stick shift cars like they used to. "If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation" is a…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused people to quarantine in their homes. Many people wondered if all the mosquitoes would starve because of the lack of humans to bite. "Mosquitos are…
"If we are pronounced dead when our heart stops, why are we not pronounced alive when our heart starts?" is a pro-life (anti-abortion) saying that has been printed on many images.…
Former U.S. first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) met with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) at her Manhattan home in October 1960. Roosevelt explained the situation (as cited in the…
The food phrase "you are what you eat" is taken from a phrase by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826): "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Many…
"If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?" is a humorous saying that has been put on T-shirts and has been included in many collections of one-line…
"Play that funky music, white boy" is a line in the song "Play That Funky Music" (1976) by Wild Cherry. The line had been suggested to the band while playing to a predominantly…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic made people take things day by day. "If we can just get through this month, we only have one more month to go before we need to get through another…
"If we can just get through this month, we only have one more month to go before we need to get through another month" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people…