“Hurry up and pass out the test before I forget everything!”
Many students study for a test, but then quickly forget everything. “Let's do the test before I forget everything" was published in a 1997 book. "Let's do this test before I…
“Hyperbole is the worst figure of speech in the multiverse”
People tend to exaggerate when talking about hyperbole. "Hyperbole is the worst thing in the universe" was posted on Twitter by Yeah Clarko on February 23, 2008. "Hyperbole is the…
“Hyperbole is the worst thing ever!”
People tend to exaggerate when talking about hyperbole. "Hyperbole is the worst thing in the universe" was posted on Twitter by Yeah Clarko on February 23, 2008. "Hyperbole is the…
“Hyperbole is the worst thing in the universe”
People tend to exaggerate when talking about hyperbole. "Hyperbole is the worst thing in the universe" was posted on Twitter by Yeah Clarko on February 23, 2008. "Hyperbole is the…
“I accidentally blew up my chemistry lab in high school. Oxidants happen!”
"Oxidants happen" -- a pun on "accidents happen" is a chemistry joke that has been printed on many images. "Oxidants happen" was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns…
“I accidentally booked myself onto an escapology course. I’m really struggling to get out of it”
"My wife's booked me on an escapology course... But I'm trying to get out of it!!!" is a joke that was posted on Twitter by oliarno on June 18, 2013. "I'm struggling…
“I always give 100%. Which is why I lost my job as an exam marker”
Should one always give 100% (or 110%) at work? "I always give 110%. That's why I lost my job In the examination bored" is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Lewis Gardiner on…
“I always tell my kids to stay in school. But they keep coming back”
"Stay in school" means that students shouldn't drop out, but some parents take this literally. "Every morning I tell my kids how important it is for them to stay in school...…
“I asked my wife to act like a ‘naughty school girl.’ She forged a note from her mother…”
"My husband asked me to act like a 'naughty school girl' for him so I forged a note from my mother saying I don’t have to participate" is a sex joke that was posted on Twitter…
“I ate the exam paper. Which means that sooner or later I will pass the test”
A joke about "passing" a test was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on September 26, 2019: "I ate the exam paper. Which means that sooner or later I will pass the test." Reddit --…
“I became math teacher to teach subtraction. I just want to make a difference”
Do math teachers who teach subtraction "make a difference"? "When I was a kid I wanted to make a difference. But my math teacher said I sucked at subtraction" was posted on…
“I before E except after C has been disproved by science”
"'I before E except after C' has been disproved by science" is a joke about spelling that has been printed on an ecard. Along with the word "science," there are many…
“I better get a good grade on my son’s science fair project”
Many parents do most of the work on a child's science fair project. "I hope I get an A on my daughter's science fair project" was posted on Twitter by Andie Johnson on January…
“I bought a book called ‘Mathematics for dummies.’ All the answers were wrong”
For Dummies is a series of instructional/reference books. A joke was posted on Twitter by Bob Kostic on June 17, 2012: "I bought a book called 'Mathematics for dummies'. All the…
“I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you”
"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" is a saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts, buttons and posters. The saying is especially…
“I can write in cursive so I’m basically a Founding Father at this point”
The Founding Fathers of the United States wrote documents in cursive, but most people seldom write in cursive today. Cursive is sometimes called "founding father handwriting."…
“I could only afford a second hand calculator and the ‘X’ button was missing. Times were hard”
The saying "times were hard" usually has nothing to do with multiplication, but there are jokes. "I was never privileged at school, I had to use a second-hand calculator which had…
“I couldn’t wait to go to university. But when I got there, it was just people from Earth”
A university does not have people from all over the universe, but there are jokes. "I couldn't wait to leave school and go to university. But when I got there, it was just people from…
“I did really well on my Roman history test. I got a C”
A "C" is a letter grade. "C" is a Roman numeral for 100. "Thank you sweet baby jesus i got a C on my roman history test :D" was posted on Twitter by Amanda Kramer on…
“I didn’t think my son stole from his trig teacher until I saw his room. All the sines were there”
"I never wanted to believe that my dad stole from his job as a road worker, but when I got home all the signs were there” is a now-classic pun. There are math versions ("all the sines…