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January 26, 2026
Food/Drink

“[wine tasting]: Yep. That’s wine”

The purpose of "wine tasting" is not to identify or verify if something tastes like wine, but that's a standard joke. "Tasting wine...at a wine tasting...tastes like wine"…

June 5, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“[X] walks into a bar…and lowers it” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." "[X] walks into a bar...and lowers it" is a popular form of the joke, where…

September 4, 2025
Food/Drink

“*Burns tongue* *Burns throat* *Burns esophagus* mmm coffee…”

Many people enjoy coffee, even if it's burning hot. This was posted on X/Twitter by SmashFilm on January 5, 2015: "*Burns tongue* *Burns throat* *Burns esophagus* mmm coffee...."…

August 8, 2023
Food/Drink

“*drinks water with lemon* This is going to fix everything”

"*drinks water with lemon* This is going to fix everything" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The lemon slice/wedge that is added to water in some restaurants does…

April 6, 2024
Work/Businesses

“*gently puts my mental health in rice*”

"*gently puts my mental health in rice*" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A phone that fell into the toilet can possibly be revived after being put in uncooked rice, but…

January 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“*Inventing celery* Damn I wish I could bite water with hair in it”

Celery, to many people, tastes like water with strings in it. "*Inventing celery* Damn I wish I could bite water with hair in it" was posted on Twitter by Knives McGee on December 6,…

December 3, 2024
Food/Drink

“*seductively dabs eggnog behind ears*”

Who needs perfume? "Seductively dabs Cheeto's dust behind my ears while making eye contact" was posted on X/Twitter by Kayton Kimberly on September 17, 2017. "*seductively dabs…

December 3, 2024
Food/Drink

“*seductively dabs gravy behind my ears*”

Who needs perfume? "Seductively dabs Cheeto's dust behind my ears while making eye contact" was posted on X/Twitter by Kayton Kimberly on September 17, 2017. "*seductively dabs…

January 10, 2025
Streets

“*trips over crack in sidewalk* [under breath] parkour”

Not every experience in an urban environment can be credited as "parkour." This joke was posted on X/Twitter by 🤷🏼‍♂️ on Febuay 1, 2018: *trips over crack in sidewalk* [under…

May 6, 2024
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“$1,000 isn’t a lot of money to have, but it is a lot to owe”

"Being an adult is realizing that $5,000 is a lot of money to owe and very little money to own" (or "Being an adult is realizing that $1,000 is little money to have, but a lot to…

November 24, 2022
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“$100 is basically an adult dollar”

"$20 is like an adult dollar" is a saying that has been printed on several images. $100 has also been called an adult dollar. That is, just a dollar doesn't have significant value…

February 9, 2018
Education/Schools

“$2.1 million worth of textbooks were stolen the other day. All eight books were recovered”

College textbooks are expensive. A joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on February 3, 2018: "$2.1 million worth of textbooks were stolen the other day. All eight books were recovered."…

November 24, 2022
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“$20 is like an adult dollar”

"$20 is like an adult dollar" is a saying that has been printed on several images. $100 has also been called an adult dollar. That is, just a dollar doesn't have significant value…

August 24, 2026
Food/Drink

“1 hard boiled egg? Perfect. Fried eggs? Just two and I’m good. Scrambled eggs? Three and I’m still hungry…”

This problem in egg logic was posted on X/Twitter by Jum on August 4, 2026, and it received over 32,000 likes: "1 hard boiled egg? Perfect. Fried eggs? Just two and I'm good. Scrambled…

June 27, 2015
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“1. Bel canto, 2. Can belto, 3. Can’t belto, 4. Can’t canto” (four stages of a soprano’s life)

New York-born Ira Siff created La Gran Scena Opera Co. in 1981, often featuring Siff's diva character, Madame Vera Galupe-Borszkh. In the recording "Forgeef Me My Enklish": the Wit…

November 30, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“1% control the world.  4% are their puppets.  90% are asleep. 5% know and try to wake up the 90%”

"1% control the world. 4% are their puppets. 90% are asleep. 5% know and try to wake the 90%. The 1% use the 4% to prevent the 5% from waking up the 90%" is a saying that has been printed…

August 13, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“10 out of 10 doctors agree with whoever is paying them”

"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…

August 13, 2021
Work/Businesses

“10 out of 10 scientists agree with whoever funded them”

"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…

August 13, 2021
Work/Businesses

“10 out of 10 scientists agree with whoever is paying them”

"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…

October 14, 2022
Work/Businesses

“10:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today”

"11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today" is a work saying that has been printed on many images, often with different hours. "11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm -…

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