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June 1, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Wash your hands. COVID-19 doesn’t kill itself, just like Jeffrey Epstein”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many announcements that people should wash their hands. "Wash your hands to kill Corona Virus. It doesn't kill itself, just like…

May 7, 2020
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“Washes his hands. Always wears a mask. Rearrange the letters in Racoon and it spells CORONA!”

"Racoon" ("raccoon" with only one "C") is an anagram of "Corona" (as in "Coronavirus"). In the Japanese horror media franchise Resident Evil, there…

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

“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm”

William Manchester's book, Portrait of a President: John F. Kennedy in profile (1962), includes a famous line: "'Washington,' John Kennedy once said lightly, 'is a city of…

May 5, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality”

"Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality" is a statement about the United States capital city -- "Washington" is a metonym for the federal government -- that is…

April 25, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Washington, DC stands for Washington, Da Capital”

Some people jocularly say that the "DC" (District of Columbia) in "Washington, DC" stands for "Da Capital" or Da Capitol." "'I know what D.C. stands…

December 29, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Washington’s face was on all our money; now, Washington’s hands are on it, too”

George Washington (1732-1799) has appeared on the U.S. one-dollar bill since 1869. The joke "Time was when Washington's face was on all of our money; now it's Washington's (the…

May 30, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Watch out. Police have ssue a warning to be on the lookout for I.D. theft”

"Watch out. Police have ssue a warning to be on the lookout for I.D theft" is a joke that was posted on Sickipedia on May 30, 2025. The joke is that "ssue" is supposed to be…

March 12, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Watching people cling to the 2-party system is like witnessing the victim of a toxic relationship”

Many American do not believe in the two-party political system (Democrats and Republicans). "Watching people cling to the two party system is like witnessing the victim of a toxic…

April 3, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay sounds rad if you don’t know what either of these things are”

"Waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay" sounds like surfboarding on some exotic beach, but it is not. It means water torture at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (a United States military…

May 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We all blame society, but we are society”

"We (all) blame society, but we are society" is a saying that has been printed on many images. English sing Geri Halliwell (who was "Ginger Spice" of the Spice Girls) appeared…

May 20, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We all live in a COVID quarantine” (song)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines. The Beatles' song "Yellow Submarine" (1966) was re-used. "#hospitalsongs We All Live In A Yellow Quarantine" was…

May 19, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We all live in a yellow quarantine” (song)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines. The Beatles' song "Yellow Submarine" (1966) was re-used. "#hospitalsongs We All Live In A Yellow Quarantine" was…

January 24, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We all place ourselves in danger when we stand up, but…”

"We all place ourselves in danger to one degree or another when we stand up, but we place our children and grandchildren in even greater danger when we don't" is a saying that has…

February 27, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We are a nation of sheep, and someone else owns the grass”

"We are a nation of sheep, and someone else owns the grass" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Sheep" means an order-complying animal. "We are a nation of…

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

“We are about 3 weeks away from knowing everyone’s true hair color” (pandemic joke)

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak became a pandemic. Many people weren't able to visit hair salons. "Saw this on insta and it's the FACTS: we're about 3 weeks away from knowing…

November 30, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid”

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" has been credited to American founding father Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), but there is no evidence that he ever said…

December 18, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We are all in this psyop together”

"We're all in this psyop together" (or "We are all in this psyop together") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a response to a mass event like…

July 28, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We are all Keynesians now” (“We’re all New Yorkers now”)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: We are all Keynesians now"We are all Keynesians now" is a now-famous phrase coined by Milton Friedman and attributed to U.S. president Richard Nixon.…

November 20, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We are being told to line up our children to get something that might kill them…”

"We are being told to line up our children to get something that might kill them to protect them from something that can’t kill them" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

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

“We are in the midst of the longest, saddest, most excruciating and unsatisfying ‘I told you so’”

"We are in the midst of the longest, saddest, most excruciating and unsatisfying 'I told you so' in the history of the world" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

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