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April 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation and a vegetable” (Pledge of Allegiance mondegreen)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States has been recited by millions of school children, and many of them say the wrong words. These mishearings or misinterpretations are called…

March 7, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation gone under” (joke on “One nation under God”)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan spoke about the importance of god in government at an ecumenical prayer breakfast in Dallas, Texas, on August 23, 1984: "Without God, there is no virtue, because…

April 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation in a dirigible” (Pledge of Allegiance mondegreen)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States has been recited by millions of school children, and many of them say the wrong words. These mishearings or misinterpretations are called…

January 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One Nation Under CCTV”

"I pledge allegiance to the ASBO, the Identity Card and Giro. And the country for which it stands, One nation, under CCTV, With violence and bingeing for all," a proposed pledge of…

April 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation, invisible” (Pledge of Allegiance mondegreen)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States has been recited by millions of school children, and many of them say the wrong words. These mishearings or misinterpretations are called…

March 30, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation, under a fraud, with tyranny and injustice for all”

"One nation, under fraud" -- a variation on "One nation, under God" of the Pledge of Allegiance -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "The Second City's…

March 30, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation, under fraud, completely visible, with spying on and lying to all”

"One nation, under fraud" -- a variation on "One nation, under God" of the Pledge of Allegiance -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "The Second City's…

March 30, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation, under fraud, with tyranny and injustice for all”

"One nation, under fraud" -- a variation on "One nation, under God" of the Pledge of Allegiance -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "The Second City's…

March 30, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation, under fraud”

"One nation, under fraud" -- a variation on "One nation, under God" of the Pledge of Allegiance -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "The Second City's…

April 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nation, under guard, invisible” (Pledge of Allegiance mondegreen)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States has been recited by millions of school children, and many of them say the wrong words. These mishearings or misinterpretations are called…

May 20, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day”

"One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day" and "Nuclear war can spoil your whole day" are anti-nuclear sayings that have been printed on many images. "Tom Carpenter, a…

May 20, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nuclear bomb can spoil your whole day”

"One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day" and "Nuclear war can spoil your whole day" are anti-nuclear sayings that have been printed on many images. "Tom Carpenter, a…

August 23, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One of the best things about being a conspiracy theorist is that you don’t end up with myocarditis”

COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines can cause myocarditis, and many "conspiracy theorists" shunned the vaccines even before this was known. This was posted on Twitter by #Sellen on August 17,…

February 10, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies…”

Many people know that secretive government agencies (such as the Central Intelligence Agency) have done bad things (such as MKUltra mind control experiments), but it's often assumed that that…

May 19, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One reason people insist that you use the proper channels to change things is because they have control of the proper channels…”

Many people want to change the system, but many people also insist on using the system's channels (such as petitioning elected officials) to change the system. In the case of petitioning…

October 5, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One son went to sea and one became vice president; neither was ever heard of again”

The office of Vice President of the United States is often a lonely one, without many official responsibilities. A joke became popular on 1896: "I believe he had two sons; one of the them was…

December 11, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress”

"One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress" is attributed to John Adams (1735-1826), but he never said it. The real authors are the people behind the…

February 28, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only a fool can be happy to show off a pass for things he used to do without a pass”

"Only a fool can be happy to show off a pass for things he used to do without a pass" is a saying that has been shown on an image. In the image, a person shows off the digital pass on a…

April 25, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only a fool would give up a weapon in order for the government to protect them…”

"Only an idiot disarms themselves, and thinks the criminal will do the same" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Timothee Nickson on August 9, 2019. It is not known who…

January 20, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living”

"Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living" is usually credited to physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), but this form of the saying seems to have been cited in print…

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