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May 21, 2024
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Unless your kid’s fundraiser is selling tequila I’m really not interested”

"Unless your kid's fundraiser is selling bottles of liquor, I want no part of it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. There have been many variations of the saying.…

May 21, 2024
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Unless your kid’s fundraiser is selling whiskey, I’m really not interested”

"Unless your kid's fundraiser is selling bottles of liquor, I want no part of it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. There have been many variations of the saying.…

May 23, 2024
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Unless your kid’s fundraiser is selling wine, I’m not interested”

"Unless your kid's fundraiser is selling bottles of liquor, I want no part of it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. There have been many variations of the saying.…

May 23, 2024
Education/SchoolsFood/Drink

“Unless your kid’s fundraiser is selling beer, I want no part of it”

"Unless your kid's fundraiser is selling bottles of liquor, I want no part of it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. There have been many variations of the saying.…

May 18, 2018
Education/Schools

“Watching a graduation ceremony is like sitting through a movie that’s entirely end credits”

"Graduation speeches are like end credits at the movies.. no body really cares" was posted on Twitter on May 26, 2011. "A graduation ceremony is like a movie where everyone is just…

May 26, 2017
Education/Schools

“Water your mind to grow your soul”

"Water your mind to grow your soul" is an educational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on June 26, 2016 and probably originated on The Minds…

April 20, 2017
Education/Schools

“We breathe air. Trees make air. Homework kills trees. Homework is killing us”

"We breathe air. Trees make air. Homework kills trees. Homework is killing us" is a jocular homework saying that has been printed on many images. A "Homework kills trees!!! So stop…

January 4, 2022
Education/Schools

“We homeschool because we have seen the village and we don’t want it raising our children”

"It takes a village to raise a child" is an African proverb. "I homeschool because I have seen the village and I don't want it raising my children" (or "We homeschool…

November 18, 2015
Education/Schools

“We take career advice from someone who went to college to be a guidance counselor”

Students take career advice from a guidance counselor. "It's alarming that I took all my career advice from someone who thought it would be a good idea to go to college to be a guidance…

November 28, 2020
Education/Schools

“We used to have a teacher called Miss Turtle. Strange looking woman, but she tortoise well”

"Tortoise" can sound like "taught us." "As strange as it was that my teacher wore a shell on her back, she tortoise well. #fit" was posted on Twitter by Jonathan…

February 24, 2018
Education/Schools

“We’ll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply”

"We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on several images. The math pun has been cited in print since…

November 22, 2015
Education/Schools

“We’re working to develop a university the football team can be proud of”

A higher education joke asks: Is it a university with a football team, or a football team with a university? Dr. Charles Dan Procter, president of the Oklahoma College for Women (now the University…

May 13, 2019
Education/Schools

“Welcome back to invisibility class. It’s pretty disappointing to see so many of you here”

A teacher often welcomes students back to class. A joke was posted on Twitter by JB 4 Realz on May 10, 2019: "Welcome back to invisibility class. It's pretty disappointing to see so many…

November 10, 2021
Education/Schools

“Welcome parents and students to orientation.”/“Excuse me! I think we call it Asiantation now.”

The term "oriental" is often regarded as an ethnic slur. Some people jocularly believe that a school "orientation" should be called "Asiantation." "Orientation…

October 6, 2022
Education/Schools

“Welcome to college, where everyone is smarter than you except the three people in your group”

Group projects are sometimes assigned in college. The experience is often not pleasant. "Welcome to college, where everyone is smarter than you, but the group members you're…

October 30, 2022
Education/Schools

“Welcome to college. Where every single person is smarter than you except for the 3 people…”

Group projects are sometimes assigned in college. The experience is often not pleasant. "Welcome to college, where everyone is smarter than you, but the group members you're…

October 3, 2025
Education/SchoolsFood/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“Welcome to the shit show. Hope you brought alcohol”

"Welcome to the shit show. Hope you brought alcohol" (or "Welcome to the shitshow. Hope you brought alcohol") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means…

October 3, 2025
Education/SchoolsFood/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“Welcome to the shitshow. Hope you brought alcohol”

"Welcome to the shit show. Hope you brought alcohol" (or "Welcome to the shitshow. Hope you brought alcohol") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means…

February 4, 2025
Education/SchoolsGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Well, That Didn’t Work: The History of the Federal Department of Education” (book title)

In 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sought to end the federal United States Department of Education. The plan was to return control of education to the states. "Well,…

February 1, 2018
Education/Schools

“Well, well, well. Welcome to stutter class”

"Well, well, well" is a common interjection. A joke was posted on Twitter by Sickipedia Official‏ on June 23, 2013: "Well, well, well... Welcome to stutter class. #sickipedia"…

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