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June 21, 2023
Food/Drink

“Be with someone who knows your coffee order”

"Be with someone who knows your coffee order" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "be with someone who knows your coffee order" was posted on Twitter by jas…

May 29, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Be you. The world will adjust”

"Be you. The world will adjust" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on August 31, 2013. The saying means that one should be one's self,…

February 4, 2011
Food/Drink

“Bean soup.”/ “Yes, it’s been soup. But what is it now?” (joke)

An old bean soup joke confuses the words "bean" with "been." A customer asks "What's this?" and the waiter replies, "It's bean soup, sir." The…

August 9, 2021
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Beanbags are boneless sofas”

Bean bag chairs have been described as "boneless sofas," the description became popular in June/July 2017 and is of uncertain origin. "what fool called them beanbag chairs instead of…

October 2, 2008
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Bear markets slide down a slope of hope” (Wall Street proverb)

The Wall Street proverb that "bear markets slide down a slope of hope" is cited in print from the 1990s. It is said that bear markets begin when there is great hope and optimism. An…

February 25, 2021
Food/Drink

“Bears invented honey glazed salmon”

Bears like honey, and they also like salmon. Did a bear invent honey glazed salmon? "Honey glazed salmon is the perfect meal for a bear" was posted on Twitter by tofurky on August 16,…

December 4, 2010
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Bears make headlines, bulls make money”

"Bears make the headlines and bulls make the money" was used by financial writer Malcolm Berko in 1990. In 1993, Berko wrote that, in 1963: "I had lunch with Bernard Baruch, and one…

December 11, 2019
Sports/Games

“Beat the pants off” (to defeat completely)

Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)to beat (also bore, scare, etc.) the pants off (a person): to beat (bore, scare, etc.) completely, utterly, or beyond the point of…

January 3, 2022
Food/Drink

“Beating someone with a baguette is assault with a breadly weapon”

"Deadly weapon" shouldn't be confused with "breadly weapon," but there are jokes. "assault with a breadly weapon" was posted on Twitter by Stephen Toulouse on…

January 3, 2022
Food/Drink

“Beating up someone with a big pretzel is a salt with a breadly weapon”

"Deadly weapon" shouldn't be confused with "breadly weapon," but there are jokes. "assault with a breadly weapon" was posted on Twitter by Stephen Toulouse on…

April 1, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from negativity”

"Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from negativity" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Its funny how positive…

April 4, 2015
Food/Drink

“Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes—thin crust, thick crust…” (pizza joke)

"Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes" -- with a photo of one square pizza and one circular pizza -- went viral in November 2013. "Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes! #pizza"…

July 22, 2012
Food/Drink

“Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder”

"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder/beerholder" is a popular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts, posters and buttons. "Beer" is a modern…

November 10, 2014
Education/Schools

“Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a napkin”

"Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a napkin" is a saying that has been printed on several posters. The saying has been cited on Twitter since April 18, 2009, and is…

August 4, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Because I’m worth it” (L’Oréal advertising slogan)

L'Oréal haircolor advertised that it's a little more expensive, but, according to its famous catchphrase, "I'm/You're/We're worth it." "Because I'm…

October 15, 2020
Education/Schools

“Because of COVID-19 for the first time since 1945 the National Spelling Bee is cancil… cancul…”

The National Spelling Bee had been held every year since 1945. In 2020, however, the coronavirus caused the spelling bee to be canceled, or cancelled. "C-A-N-C-E-L-E-D: The National Spelling…

February 25, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Because of smart phones my thumbs now have biceps”

"Because of smart phones my thumbs now have biceps" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "@MiiSSNESS same over here txtin tweetn I mnn you name it…

March 31, 2020
Sports/Games

“Because of the cancellation of all sports events ESPN will be covering live toilet paper wrestling”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulting in the cancellation of major professional sporting events. The ESPN sports network didn't have much to broadcast. People fought in stores (such as…

April 1, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Because of the huge increase in deliveries, FedEx and UPS merged and are now Fed-Up”

FedEx and UPS are rival delivery services companies. A joke has it that both companies are merging, with the new company to be called "FedUp." The joke has been cited in print since at…

August 4, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Because we’re worth it, too” (L’Oréal advertising slogan)

L'Oréal haircolor advertised that it's a little more expensive, but, according to its famous catchphrase, "I'm/You're/We're worth it." "Because I'm…

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