“Due to the quarantine… I’ll only be telling inside jokes”
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak caused some quarantines. "All jokes are inside jokes now that we're on quarantine" was posted on Twitter by aubs on March 16, 2020. "All jokes…
“Due to the shortage of cleaning supplies, dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap”
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (1976) is a hard rock song by the Australian band AC/DC. The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic created panic buying (and shortages) of some cleaning supplies.…
“Due to travel restrictions, America had to invade itself this year”
"Due to travel restrictions, America/United States/USA had to invade itself this year" is a jocular saying that had been printed on many images. The travel restrictions are because of the…
“Due to travel restrictions, the United States had to invade itself this year”
"Due to travel restrictions, America/United States/USA had to invade itself this year" is a jocular saying that had been printed on many images. The travel restrictions are because of the…
“Due to travel restrictions, the USA had to invade itself this year”
"Due to travel restrictions, America/United States/USA had to invade itself this year" is a jocular saying that had been printed on many images. The travel restrictions are because of the…
“Due to travel restrictions, this year the United States had to organize the coup at home”
"Due to travel restrictions, America/United States/USA had to invade itself this year" is a jocular saying that had been printed on many images. The travel restrictions are because of the…
“During a campaign, the air is full of speeches—and vice versa”
"During a campaign, the air is full of speeches -- and vice versa" (the reverse, meaning "the speeches are full of air") is a humorous quip that appears to date from the 1960s.…
“During the Middle Ages, they celebrated the end of the plague with wine and orgies…”
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to lockdowns, and people anxiously looked for it to end. "I read somewhere that people in the Middle Ages celebrated the end of the plague with orgies. I…
“Duty is ours; results are God’s” (“Duty is ours, consequences are God’s”)
Matthew Henry (1662-1714), an English commentator on the Bible, wrote in An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments (1708-1710): "Good men are more solicitous and desirous to…
“Duty. Honor, Country”
"Duty, Honor, County" is the motto of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The motto was adopted in 1898 from a committee headed by Col. Charles W. Larned. "Duty, honor,…
“Dyslexic racists hate gingers”
"When I first discovered anti Ginger sentiment in the UK I thought maybe they were just dyslexic racists... #thingsithinkaboutwhenimhomesick" was posted on Twitter by "THAT BEING…
“Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines”
"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines" is a humorous quotation used in government and business. The saying means that there are dangers in climbing up the…
“Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot”
"Absentee ballots" are not "absent tea ballots," but there are jokes. Some of the puns involve Earl Grey, the name of a tea. "Earl Grey was away on business during the…
“Earth first! (we’ll log the other planets later)”
The radical environmental advocacy group Earth First! formed in 1980. A popular anti-Earth First! bumper sticker is, "Earth First! (we'll log/mine/strip mine the other planets…
“Earth is not overpopulated. Governments are”
"Our Earth is not overpopulated, the g0vernment is" (shown on an image) was posted on Instagram by 1776.american.mama on August 8, 2023, and this received over 71,000 likes. "Earth…
“Earth provides enough for every man’s need. but not every man’s greed”
"Earth provides enough for every man's need. but not every man's greed" (or "Earth provides enough for everyone's need. but not everyone's greed") has been…
“EARTHLINGS, WE HAVE KILLED YOUR LEADERS AND ARE HERE TO TAKE OVER” (joke)
Many people distrust government, and they believe that almost anything would be better. A joke was posted on Twitter by Alicia Demon Goddess of Lust on October 8, 2020: Aliens invade:…
“Eat the apple, fuck the Corps” (Marine Corps saying)
"Eat the apple, (and/but) fuck the Corps" is a Marine Corps saying from someone who is critical of the Corps. "Eat the apple and fuck the Corps" has been cited in print since at…
“Efficiency of the Post Office, compassion of the IRS” (government-run healthcare)
National health care ("government-run health care") became a popular political topic in the early 1990s ("Hillarycare," after First Lady Hillary Clinton) and in 2009…
“Eisenhower Doll—wind it up and it does nothing for eight years”
A popular joke was said by Democrats about U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (a Republican) in January 1961: "And in Washington they're laughing about the 'Eisenhower Doll.'…