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January 17, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Drugs block our biochemistry to reduce symptoms. Plants restore our biochemistry to create health”

"Drugs block our biochemistry to reduce symptoms. Vegetables restore our biochemistry to create health" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Healthy Holistic Living on April 26,…

January 18, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Drugs block our biochemistry to reduce symptoms. Vegetables restore our biochemistry…”

"Drugs block our biochemistry to reduce symptoms. Vegetables restore our biochemistry to create health" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Healthy Holistic Living on April 26,…

March 24, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Drugs End All Dreams” (“dead” backronym)

"Drugs End All Dreams" is a backronym (back acronym) of the word "dead" that has been printed on many images. "Drugs End All Dreams" was printed in Newsday (Long…

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

“Due to corona virus, I will not shake hands or hug. You may kneel or bow to me”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic made many people refrain from handshakes and hugs. "Due to corona virus I will not shake hands or hug... you may kneel or bow to me.., either will be…

June 30, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Due to COVID-19, we are asking looters to work from home and steal their own property”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, many people were asked to work from home. "I wish all of the violent rioters and looters would work from home. #Peacefulprotest" was posted on…

June 30, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Due to COVID-19, we are asking protesters to work from home and destroy their own property”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, many people were asked to work from home. "I wish all of the violent rioters and looters would work from home. #Peacefulprotest" was posted on…

June 30, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Due to COVID-19, we are asking rioters to work from home and destroy their own property”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, many people were asked to work from home. "I wish all of the violent rioters and looters would work from home. #Peacefulprotest" was posted on…

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

“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…

June 5, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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.…

January 18, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

January 19, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

January 19, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

January 19, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

September 22, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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.…

May 21, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

November 12, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

November 15, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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,…

May 9, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

December 18, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

December 13, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

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