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September 24, 2025
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I swear every time I turn around, I’m paying a bill. I’m just going to stop turning around”

"I swear every time I turn around, I'm paying a bill. I'm just going to stop turning around" is a saying that has been printeda on several images. “@_Fatalatraction: seem like…

March 25, 2019
Time/Weather

“I swear it was Friday like 2 seconds ago”

"I swear it was Friday like 5 minutes ago" is a jocular saying (showing how fast the weekend passes by) that has been printed on many images. "Its moday ....damn already it was…

March 24, 2019
Time/Weather

“I swear it was Friday like 5 minutes ago”

"I swear it was Friday like 5 minutes ago" is a jocular saying (showing how fast the weekend passes by) that has been printed on many images. "Its moday ....damn already it was…

September 3, 2012
Food/Drink

“I swear to drunk I’m not God” (joke)

“Ossifer, I swear to drunk I’m not God” is how a drunk might say, "Officer, I swear to God I'm not drunk." The jocular speech pattern has been cited in print since at least…

April 30, 2019
Sports/Games

“I swim because I’m too sexy for a sport that requires clothes”

"I swim because I'm too sexy for a sport that requires clothes" (or "We swim because we are too sexy for a sport that requires clothes") is a swimming saying that has been…

July 20, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I swim to look good naked”

"I swim to look good naked" is a saying about swimming that has been printed on many images. "I don’t swim to be healthy, I swim to look good as fuck naked.." was posted on…

August 11, 2022
Food/Drink

“I switched to a wine that doesn’t make me urinate. Pinot Moor”

Pinot Noir is a a red-wine grape variety. There is no "Pinot Moir"/"Pinot Moor"/"Pinot More" (pee no more), but there are jokes. "A California vintner in the Napa…

December 15, 2022
Food/Drink

“I take my coffee with two scoops of it’s too early for this shit and a splash of zip it until noon”

"I take my coffee with two scoops of it's too early for this shit and a splash of zip it until noon" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "I take my coffee…

April 28, 2018
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I take my paycheck to the bar because that’s better than drinking a loan”

American singer-songwriter Billy Joel's song "Piano Man" (1973) contains the lyric, "Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking…

July 28, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I talk a lot of shit about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too”

"I talk a lot of shit about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too" is a saying that has been printed on many images Many people hate Monday, the start of the traditional work…

July 28, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I talk a lot of trash about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too”

"I talk a lot of shit about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too" is a saying that has been printed on many images Many people hate Monday, the start of the traditional work…

April 8, 2019
Work/Businesses

“I taught my daughter what the word ‘bargain’ meant” (joke)

"I'd like to thank the person who taught me the meaning of the word 'bargain', it means a great deal" was posted on Twitter by Spocksgoat on December 17, 2014. A form of…

January 13, 2018
Holidays/Events/Parades

“I tell dad jokes, but I have no kids. I’m a faux pa”

"Faux pas" is sometimes punned as "faux pa." The pun is especially frequent on Father's Day. "A friend tried to tell me recently that I'm not allowed to make dad…

June 24, 2016
Work/Businesses

“I tell new hires, ‘Don’t think of me as your boss, think of me as a friend who can fire you’”

A popular work one-liner is: "I tell new hires, 'Don’t think of me as your boss, think of me as a friend who can fire you.'" "Boss = a friend who can fire you" was…

July 3, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“I tested positive for sickofthisshit-20. There is no cure, and I may or may not be contagious”

The 2019–20 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic reached the last nerve of many people. "Today I tested positive for Sickofthisshit-20 There’s no cure and I may or may not be contagious…

October 21, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I think ‘noted’ is the corporate version of ‘whatever’”

"'Noted' is the corporate version of 'whatever'" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Whatever" is often used to express indifference,…

September 11, 2022
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I think about winning the lottery way too much for someone that don’t buy lottery tickets”

"I think about winning the lottery way too much for someone that don't buy lottery tickets" and "I fantasize about winning the lottery way too much for someone who never buys…

September 11, 2022
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I think about winning the lottery way too much for someone who doesn’t even play it”

"I think about winning the lottery way too much for someone that don't buy lottery tickets" and "I fantasize about winning the lottery way too much for someone who never buys…

July 9, 2025
Food/Drink

“I think all my problems could be solved with fresh blueberry muffins and holding hands with someone”

"I think all my problems could be solved with fresh blueberry muffins and holding hands with someone" is a saying that was posted on Tumblr on July 19, 2020. The saying evokes life's…

June 23, 2017
Food/Drink

“I think Christmas is a wonderful time for drinking”

Two related drinking sayings have been printed on many images: "I think Christmas is a wonderful time for drinking. And also after and before Christmas plus all the other days.""I…

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