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August 17, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A liberal is a man with both feet planted firmly in the air”

"A liberal is a man with both feet planted firmly in the air" is the usual form of this saying, but "liberal" is often replaced with other terms and "planted firmly"…

December 7, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn’t own”

"A liberal is a man (person) who will give away everything he doesn't (they don't) own" has been credited to Frank Dane (in the 1980s and in internet newsgroups since 2000) and…

October 25, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment”

"A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment" is a statement that appeared in the November 1966 Reader's Digest. The saying was attributed to Willis…

December 16, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A libertarian is a conservative who’s been busted”

"A neoconservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality" has been credited to Irving Kristol's writing from 1983. "A libertarian is a conservative who's been…

December 16, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A libertarian is a liberal who learned economics”

"A libertarian is a liberal who learned economics" is a jocular one-line saying that appears in many lists of libertarian jokes. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2004 and…

December 20, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A libertarian is a Republican who smokes pot”

"A libertarian is a Republican/Conservative who smokes pot" is a frequently told political joke. American anarchist writer Bob Black spoke in 1984 on "The Libertarian as…

November 22, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A libertarian is someone who believes in the non-aggression principle…”

"'A libertarian is someone who believes in the non-aggression principle. An anarchist is someone who understands it. An agorist is someone who practices it.'— Mike Zentz" was…

June 4, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A license is what you get when the gov’t steals your rights away from you and then sells them back”

"A license is what you get when the government steals your rights away from you and then sells them back" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The most popular image credits…

September 3, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A license is when the government takes away your right to do something, then sells it back to you”

"Licensing: When (the) government takes away your right to do something and (then) sells it back to you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Licensing: when government…

February 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of a sheep”

"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep" is a…

February 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A lion doesn’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep”

"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep" is a…

February 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep”

"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep" is a…

April 11, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot”

Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne (1933-2006) wrote in Why Government Doesn't Work (1995): "A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot -- because the…

October 24, 2024
Education/SchoolsGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A lot of yall don’t understand politics because your history teacher was the football coach”

A school's football (or basketball) coach sometimes teaches other subjects. "A lot of y’all don’t know bout politics cause your history teacher was the football coach and it shows.…

December 20, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math”

It's long been known that the odds of a person winning the lottery are not good; a person stands more of a chance of being struck by lightning. The saying "A lottery is a tax on people…

April 17, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man has been stealing wheels from police cars. Police are working tirelessly to catch him”

"Working tirelessly" doesn't mean working without tires, but there are jokes. "Police attending an incident returned to their car to find all four wheels had been stolen.…

April 25, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in panic buying of hand sanitizer. A joke was posted on Reddit -- DarkJokeCentral on April 26, 2020: "A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing…

April 29, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man takes his wife to get tested…” (joke)

A joke has it that a man send his wife to be tested, but the doctor's didn't know if it was for Covid-19 or for Alzheimer's. The doctor then suggests, “I recommend you take her for…

April 29, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man walks into a bar and sees a smartly dressed woman…” (lawyer joke)

A popular lawyer joke has a man go into a bar, where he sees a smartly dressed woman. The woman looks at him and says, "Listen! I'll screw anybody, any time, anywhere, your place, my…

April 14, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man walks into a Soviet shop and asks, ‘You don’t have any meat?’” (scarcity joke)

A joke is told about food shortages in the Soviet Union. A person walks into a meat shop and says, "I suppose you don't have any fish?" A person who works there corrects him and…

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