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January 8, 2013
Education/Schools

“College—The most expensive party I’ve ever been to”

"College ~ The most expensive party I've ever been to" is the text on a Rotten eCard. College was described as "the most expensive party my father ever sent me to" in 1994;…

September 30, 2017
Education/Schools

“College bookstores are like the GameStop of textbooks”

Students trade-in computer games at GameStop; when they go to college, they trade-in textbooks at the college bookstore. "College bookstores are the only place worse than Gamestop for trade-in…

February 14, 2018
Education/Schools

“College is a constant struggle of if I should eat, sleep, cry, study, or workout”

A saying about college was posted on Twitter by zoey on January 23, 2018: "College is a constant struggle of if I should eat, sleep, cry, study, or workout." The saying received many…

October 24, 2014
Education/Schools

“College is a fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink”

"College is a fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink" is a jocular line that has been cited in print since at least 1951. The saying is of uncertain authorship.…

September 8, 2018
Education/Schools

“College is just the most expensive book club”

College textbooks are usually very expensive. "College is just a really expensive book club where we read and discuss" was posted on Twitter by Peppy on February 1, 2010. "With…

March 30, 2018
Education/Schools

“College is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane”

"Adulthood/College is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane" -- that is, doing everything right and then getting blindsided by something…

December 18, 2017
Education/Schools

“College is soup and I am a fork”

"Life is a soup and I'm a (fucking) fork" -- a utensil useless for drinking soup -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. The song "(I'm Gonna) Kick You…

August 20, 2019
Education/Schools

“College is the new indentured servitude”

Many people take our large student loans to afford to go to college. "College is the new indentured servitude" was posted on Twitter by Steven★★★☆☆Sanders on August 18, 2008.…

January 26, 2017
Education/Schools

“College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable”

"COllege is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The jocular saying was posted on Twitter by Selena Starla and…

July 14, 2017
Education/Schools

“College is the opposite of kidnapping. They demand $100,000 from you or they’ll send your kid back”

"For parents, college is the opposite of kidnapping. They demand $100,000 from you or they’ll send your kid back" is a jocular statement about college that was posted on Twitter by Kent…

October 1, 2020
Education/Schools

“College prepares you for real life right away. It puts you in debt”

Does college prepare students for real life? "RT @OneLinersPlus College prepares you for real life. Right off, it puts you in debt. #college #growingup #quote #funny" was posted on…

June 21, 2015
Education/Schools

“College Years: The only vacation a boy gets between his mother and his wife”

"College Years: The only vacation a boy gets between his mother and his wife" was a popular saying in the 1950s and was a "Daffynition" (jocular or "daffy" definition)…

September 19, 2017
Education/Schools

“Come to the nerd side. We have Pi”

"Come to the nerd side. We have Pi" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Don't fight it. Give in, come to the nerd-side. Also, we have cookies" was posted on…

July 13, 2017
Education/Schools

“Confucius Say—Student who study history, will find there is no future in it”

"Confucius Say -- Student who study history, will find there is no future in it" is a one-line saying that has been printed on an image. The jocular saying is modern and is not from the…

May 31, 2024
Education/Schools

“Congratulations on getting through the easiest part of life” (graduation meme)

"Congratulations on getting through the easiest part of life" (shown with a picture of graduates) is a saying that has been printed on many images. "And, I'm so glad that you…

June 1, 2021
Education/Schools

“Counting past 39 is not my forte”

"Forte" can sound like "forty," and there are jokes. "Counting past 39 is not my forte" was posted on Twitter by Julian Lee on July 18, 2013. "Counting past 39 in…

June 1, 2021
Education/Schools

“Counting past thirty-nine is not my forte”

"Forte" can sound like "forty," and there are jokes. "Counting past 39 is not my forte" was posted on Twitter by Julian Lee on July 18, 2013. "Counting past 39 in…

December 7, 2025
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Culinary school is the only place you can get away with saying the dog ate your homework”

For culinary school students, the course work is food. There are popular jokes about this. "Culinary school students be like 'I have a gabagool due Friday'" was posted on…

December 7, 2025
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Culinary school students be like ‘Bruh I got spaghetti due at midnight’”

For culinary school students, the course work is food. There are popular jokes about this. "Culinary school students be like 'I have a gabagool due Friday'" was posted on…

December 7, 2025
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Culinary school students be like: ‘Dog ate my homework’”

For culinary school students, the course work is food. There are popular jokes about this. "Culinary school students be like 'I have a gabagool due Friday'" was posted on…

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