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April 3, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I’m not qualified to be nice to stupid people”

"The hardest part of my job is being nice to stupid people" and "I'm not qualified to be nice to stupid people" are jocular work sayings that have been printed on many…

March 19, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“I’m not racist. I hate white liberals more than anybody”

"I'M NOT RACIST. I HATE WHITE LIBERALS MORE THAN ANYBODY" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by George Chambers on April 24, 2019. It's not known who originated the…

May 29, 2017
Food/Drink

“I’m not really a social drinker. I’d say most of my drinking is work-related”

"I'm not really a social drinker. I'd say most of my drinking is work-related" is a jocular drinking line that has been printed on many images. American journalist Linda…

May 29, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’m not really a social drinker. I’d say most of my drinking is work-related”

"I'm not really a social drinker. I'd say most of my drinking is work-related" is a jocular drinking line that has been printed on many images. American journalist Linda…

October 1, 2020
Sports/Games

“I’m not really interested in tobogganing, but I would probably do it if pushed”

"Push" often means to strongly suggest or direct, but sometimes it involves actual pushing. "I'm not really interested in tobogganing, but I would probably do it if pushed.…

June 24, 2024
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I’m not regular broke, I’m high class broke. I’m broqué”

"I'm not regular broke, I'm high class broke. I'm broqué" and "I’m broke but not like the poor broke, I’m (a/the) classy type of broke. I’m broqué" are…

February 14, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I’m not running away from hard work. I’m too lazy to run”

"I'm not running away from hard work. I'm too lazy to run" (or "I don't run away from hard work. I'm too lazy to run") is a saying that has been printed on…

April 20, 2021
Food/Drink

“I’m not saying I drink too much coffee, but I do believe my body will keep moving after death”

"I’m not saying I drink too much caffeine, but I do believe my body will keep moving 48 hours after my death" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I’m not…

November 25, 2024
NeighborhoodsTime/Weather

“I’m not saying I live in a rough area, but I bought an Advent calendar and all the windows were boarded up”

An Advent calendar has windows, where people can open and have a treat such as a chocolate. This is the subject of several jokes. "I had an advent calendar from Woolworths actually...all the…

July 20, 2022
Food/Drink

“I’m not saying I’m a bad cook, but how long is pasta supposed to stay in the toaster?”

Pasta doesn't cook in a toaster, but there are jokes about it. "I'm not particularly bad at cooking but how long is pasta supposed to stay in the toaster? http://bit.ly/ZO993o via…

March 23, 2024
Art/SculptureEducation/SchoolsHolidays/Events/Parades

“I’m not saying I’m old…but when I was in school we made our parents ashtrays for Christmas”

"I'm not saying I'm old...but when I was in school we made our parents ashtrays for Christmas" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Making ashtrays was a popular…

July 15, 2026
Work/Businesses

“I’m not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon, I’m just saying that if I got a job as a UPS driver they’d probably let me work from home”

A wife order so much stuff online from Amazon.com, a joke goes, that a husband could get a job as an Amazon driver and work from home. "I’m thinking of getting a job as an Amazon driver..…

October 18, 2022
Work/Businesses

“I’m not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon, I’m just saying…”

Some people order a lot from an online service such as Amazon.com. This was posted on Twitter by Rodney Lacroix on October 14, 2022: "I'm not saying that my wife orders a lot from Amazon,…

July 27, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I’m not slow. I’m just getting my money’s worth from the entry fee”

"I'm not slow. I'm just getting my money's worth from the entry fee" is a jocular running saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on…

April 9, 2025
Transportation

“I’m not speeding, I’m qualifying” (bumper sticker)

"I'm not speeding, I'm qualifying" is a bumper sticker saying that has been printed on many images. "Bumper talk: 'I'm not speeding/I'm…

December 5, 2022
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“I’m not strange. I’m dramatically different”

"We're not strange. We're dramatically different" and "I'm not strange. I'm dramatically different" and "We are not strange. We are dramatically…

January 15, 2025
Food/Drink

“I’m not sure how many cookies it takes to be happy, but so far it’s not twenty seven”

"I'm not sure how many cookies it takes to be happy, but so far it's not twenty seven" is a cookie saying that has been printed on many images. The jocular saying was posted on…

May 31, 2015
Education/Schools

“I’m not sure how many problems I have because math is one of them”

"I'm not sure how many problems I have because math is one of them" is a jocular line that has been printed on T-shirts and ecards. "I'm not sure how many problems I have…

June 2, 2018
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“I’m not sure how people get eaten by sharks. I mean, how do you not hear the music?”

The movie Jaws (1975) features an Academy Award-winning score by American composer John Williams. "I'm not sure how people get eaten by sharks. I mean, how do you not hear the…

October 8, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m not sure if this woman in the Starbucks line ahead of me is ordering a drink or casting a spell”

Ordering coffee can be a mystifying experience. "Ordering Starbucks is a lot like casting wizard spells. You must speak the words of power correctly, lest you get unintended…

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