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February 24, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Except for hospitals. Hospitals will kill you”

"WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER. EXCEPT FOR HOSPITALS. HOSPITALS WILL KILL YOU" (shown on a sign) was posted on Amazon.com on August 31, 2020. The phrase "What does…

February 24, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except for hospitals. Hospitals will kill you”

"WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER. EXCEPT FOR HOSPITALS. HOSPITALS WILL KILL YOU" (shown on a sign) was posted on Amazon.com on August 31, 2020. The phrase "What does…

May 13, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What flavor is the toothpaste in jail?”/“Imprisonmint.”

"Imprisonment" shouldn't be confused with "imprisonmint," but there are jokes. "What flavour is the toothpaste in jail? Imprisonmint" was posted on Reddit --…

June 8, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?”/“A flag.”

A flag riddle is: Q: What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?A: A flag. "Q: What flies but never goes anywhere? A: A flag!" was printed in the Shreveport (LA) Journal on July 1,…

December 13, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What gets bigger the more you take from it?”/“The lower class.”

"What gets bigger the more you take from it?" is a popular riddle. "A pit" or "an excavation" or "a hole" has been the answer since at least 1824.…

June 24, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What gets measured gets managed” (“You can’t manage what you can’t measure”)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Peter DruckerPeter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.”…

January 6, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What goes around, comes around”

"What goes around, comes around" is a way of saying: "OK, you got me this time, but you'll get yours (payback) the next time." The phrase has been used in song titles by…

May 28, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What good does it do to be able to eat at a lunch counter if you can’t buy a hamburger?”

American minister and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), referencing the restaurant sit-ins for civil rights, was reported calling for economic justice in a United Press…

April 8, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What good fortune for governments that the people do not think”

"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think" is frequently said to be a quote of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), but it does not appear in his book, Mein Kempf (1925).…

June 18, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What happened to Covid 1 to 18?”

COVID-19 (the 2019 coronavirus) does not mean that there were earlier numbered versions, but there are jokes. "I would love to know who took COVID-1-18" was posted on Twitter by Justin…

February 7, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What happened when the two bullets got married?”/“They had a BB.”

A riddle about bullets is: Q: What happened when the two bullets got married?A: They had a BB. "BB" sounds like "baby." The joke has been cited in print since at least 1972.…

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

“What happens to deposed kings?”/“They get throne away.”

A royal riddle is: Q: What happens to deposed kings?A: They get throne away. "Throne away" is a pun on "thrown away." The riddle was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on August…

April 10, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What happens when a normal cell goes to war?”/“It becomes diploid.”

"Diploid" sounds a bit like "deployed." "What happens when a normal cell goes to war? It becomes DIPLOID" was posted on Twitter by rebecca on February 10, 2016.…

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

“What has two butts and kills people?”/“An assassin.”

The word "assassin" breaks into "ass-ass-in." "hmm. So, ASSASSIN == ASS + ASS + IN. Two butts and an 'in.' Interesting.." was posted on Twitter by Richard…

May 11, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What I stand for is what I stand on” (environmental activism)

"What I stand for is what I stand on" -- that is, the earth -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. American philosopher, poet, essayist, farmer, novelist and social activist…

May 16, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What if nobody was president and we all promised real hard to just be cool”

"What if nobody was president and we all promised real hard to just be cool" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was popular in the U.S. presidential election…

April 24, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What if this quarantine is just the aliens fattening us up before the big harvest?”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines. Many people ate and got fat. "Corona virus is really just aliens fattening us up before they come eat us" was posted on Twitter…

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

“What if tinfoil producers create conspiracies so people buy their tinfoil?”

"Tin foil hat" has become a stereotype for a conspiracy theorist. A joke was posted on Reddit -- Shower Thoughts on January 4, 2018: "What if tinfoil producers create conspiracies so…

November 12, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What if UFOs are just billionaires from other planets?”

Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson all created companies to explore space. "What if UFOs are just empty vehicles sent into space by the eccentric billionaires of…

November 12, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“What if UFOs are just empty vehicles sent into space by eccentric billionaires of other planets?”

Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson all created companies to explore space. "What if UFOs are just empty vehicles sent into space by the eccentric billionaires of…

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