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June 18, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I’ve just blocked my toilet. I don’t know why I added it on Skype in the first place”

Blocking on social media is not like other blocking, but there are jokes. "RT @davidjewood: I've just blocked my toilet. I don't know why I added it on Skype in the first place"…

June 18, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I’ve just blocked my toilet. I don’t know why I followed it on twitter in the first place”

Blocking on social media is not like other blocking, but there are jokes. "RT @davidjewood: I've just blocked my toilet. I don't know why I added it on Skype in the first place"…

February 12, 2020
Sports/Games

“I’ve just booked a table for Valentine’s Day. I hope she likes pool”

Valentine's Day tables -- at restaurants -- usually have to be booked in advance. A Valentines Day joke about "booking a table" has been printed on several images. "Ive booked a…

February 26, 2024
Banking/Finance/InsuranceBuildings/Housing/Parks

“I’ve just checked my home insurance policy and apparently if my blanket is stolen I’m not covered”

A "blanket" insurance policy provides complete coverage -- or doesn't it? "I've just checked my home insurance policy and apparently if my blanket is stolen in the middle…

October 15, 2018
Food/Drink

“I’ve just fallen through the roof of a French bakery. I’m in a world of pain”

"Pain" is the French word for "bread." "If i was to open a french bakery, i'd call it 'world of pain'" was posted on Twitter by Jamie Scott on October…

April 12, 2022
Food/Drink

“I’ve just found out that my Indian name is Chugalottajava”

"I've just found out that my Indian name is Chugalottajava" (or "I just found out my Indian name is...chugalottajava") is a jocular coffee saying that has been printed on…

March 24, 2025
Food/Drink

“I’ve just got a voucher for some gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle.  It’s a Parkin ticket”

"Parkin" (a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle) has nothing to do with "parking," but there are jokes. "The traffic warden slapped a treacle…

July 30, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I’ve just lost my job as an ice cream tester. I couldn’t do sundaes”

"Sundae" sounds like "Sunday," and there are several jokes. "Just been sacked as an ice cream tester. I refused to do Sundaes" was posted on Twitter by 𝕸𝖆𝖙…

April 13, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I’ve just opened a can of worms. They just sit there, the worms. Hardly the chaos”

To "open a can of worms" is to release chaos, like opening Pandora's box. If one opens a can of worms (for fishing), it is very difficult to close the can. "Commissioner Ed…

June 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I’ve just opened a shop selling telescopes. Business is looking up”

"'My business is looking up,' as the man with the 'Penny a peep' telescope told the policeman" was printed under "SAM WELLERISMS“ in Judy: The London…

April 19, 2021
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“I’ve just released my own fragrance. But no one in this elevator seems to like it”

"I’ve just released my own fragrance, Nobody in the bus/car/elevator/train seemed to like it" i a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the speaker just let out…

April 20, 2021
Transportation

“I’ve just released my own fragrance. But no one on this bus seems to like it”

"I’ve just released my own fragrance, Nobody in the bus/car/elevator/train seemed to like it" i a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the speaker just let out…

April 20, 2021
Transportation

“I’ve just released my own fragrance. But no one on this train seems to like it”

"I’ve just released my own fragrance, Nobody in the bus/car/elevator/train seemed to like it" i a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the speaker just let out…

October 12, 2017
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“I’ve just seen a very confusing book—‘Ventriloquism for Dummies’”

The book DOS For Dummies (1991) started a For Dummies series of instructional books. The title "Ventriloquism for Dummies" was suggested on the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on June 2,…

January 29, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I’ve just started work as a human chess piece. The money’s good. I’m on knights this week”

People on a human chess board work as kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns. A joke was posted on Twitter on September 8, 2014: "I've just started work as a human chess…

January 29, 2021
Radio/Television

“I’ve just turned off the news and put on a serial killer documentary to relax”

"I've just turned off the news and put on a serial killer documentary to relax" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The news often gets people angry or…

May 18, 2024
Food/Drink

“I’ve just used a proper butter knife for the first time. It melted in my hand”

A butter knife is not made of butter, but there are jokes. "I've just used a proper butter knife for the first time. It melted in my hand" was posted on Sickipedia on May 19, 2024.…

May 2, 2023
Food/Drink

“I’ve just watched a film that was set around a tea plantation in India. It was rated PG”

PG Tips (a brand of tea in the United Kingdom) has nothing to do with the PG (parental guidance) movie rating, but there are jokes. "RT @sickipediabot: I've just watched a film that was…

July 25, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I’m thinking of making a few more”

"I've learned so much from my mistakes, I'm thinking of making a few more" is a one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "Great quote 'I’ve learned so…

December 24, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I’ve learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake”

"As I have grown older, I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake" (or "Making everyone happy is impossible. Pissing them…

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