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June 10, 2022
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Pool party at my house. Bring your own pool”

"Pool party at my house. Bring your own pool" (or "Pool party at my house, bring the pool then leave") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "RT…

April 10, 2020
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Porn gives people an unrealistic expectation of how quickly a plumber will get to your house”

Pornography is often accused of giving young people unrealistic expectations about sex. A joke gives a twist to this. "Porn is so unrealistic, there's no way you'd ever get a plumber…

December 13, 2020
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Posted a photo of my clean house and it was flagged and removed as ‘fake news’”

"Posted a photo of my clean house and it was flagged and removed as 'fake news'" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. That is, it's fake that the house…

October 9, 2015
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Price it low, watch it go; price it high, watch it die” (real estate adage)

"Quote it low, watch it go" and "Quote it high, watch it die" are popular real estate adages in Australia and New Zealand, where real estate is sold at auction. If a price is…

January 8, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Property tax is serfdom”

"Property tax is serfdom" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that if you have to pay tax on your property (such as your home), then you do not really own…

March 8, 2023
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Protected by FAFO fuck around and find out security system”

"Protected by fuck around and find out surveillance" is a saying that has been printed on many signs. "Protected by Fuck around and find out surveillance" (shown on a sign) was…

March 8, 2023
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Protected by fuck around and find out home security”

"Protected by fuck around and find out surveillance" is a saying that has been printed on many signs. "Protected by Fuck around and find out surveillance" (shown on a sign) was…

March 7, 2023
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Protected by fuck around and find out surveillance”

"Protected by fuck around and find out surveillance" is a saying that has been printed on many signs. "Protected by Fuck around and find out surveillance" (shown on a sign) was…

June 25, 2015
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Prune roses before Presidents Day and azaleas before the Fourth of July”

"The old saying is that you cut your roses back before President's Day and your azaleas before the Fourth of July" was cited in 2015. It's not certain when the two gardening…

August 12, 2019
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Pun enters a room, kills 10 people. Pun in, 10 dead”

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A pun version is: "A pun walks into a bar, ten people die on the spot. Pun in, ten…

October 19, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksHolidays/Events/Parades

“Putting up the scariest decoration of all: a 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 sign”

So many people have put up "Live, Laugh, Love" signs in their homes that it has become clichéd. This Halloween joke was posted on X/Twitter meghan on October 19, 2024: "Putting up…

July 17, 2013
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Raggy rope, don’t be a dope” (poison ivy adage)

Poison ivy vines appear "hairy" and "raggy." The rhyme "Hairy rope, don't be a dope" was cited in print in 1996 and "Raggy rope, don't be a dope!"…

August 22, 2018
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Ramps are just boneless stairs”

Ramps have been compared to stairs. "Are ramps just boneless stairs??" was posted on Twitter by Trevor on July 12, 2017. "Ramps are just boneless stairs" was posted on Twitter…

February 10, 2020
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Reading won’t solve your problems. But then again, neither will housework”

"Reading won't solve your problems. But then again, neither will housework" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The implication is that reading is more fun than…

August 5, 2023
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Real estate agents believe in doing good deeds”

"Real estate agents believe in doing good deeds" is a pun that has been printed on an image. The good deeds are real estate deeds. "Okay folks here's your Morning CHUCKle: Real…

December 2, 2019
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Real estate agents imply the existence of fake estate agents”

Many people question the term "real estate agent." "Does that mean we have fake estate agents, too? What do they sell?" was printed in the book Life's a Joke, and I Have…

October 31, 2014
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Real estate is a relationship business” (real estate adage)

"Real estate is a relationship business" is a popular real estate adage of unknown authorship. "And with senior Americans, real estate is a relationship business" was cited in…

October 16, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksFood/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Real healthcare starts in the kitchen, not in the hospital”

"Your kitchen is the real doctors office" and "Healthcare starts in the kitchen, not in the hospital" are sayings that mean that good health starts with good food ("in the…

October 13, 2015
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Rent is dollars for quarters”

"Living quarters" is not the same term as a "quarter" that equals twenty-five cents. However, a hotel pun involving "quarters" has been popular since the 1890s.…

October 15, 2014
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Retail follows rooftops” (real estate adage)

"Retail follows (the) rooftops" is a popular real estate adage. If there are many homes ("rooftops") in an area, then retail (commercial developments) will follow. "Retail…

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