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September 4, 2016
Food/Drink

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye”

"If life hands you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying from the early 1900s. There have been many jocular variations. "When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye"…

June 7, 2017
Food/Drink

“When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some nice old lady”

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying from the early 1900s. An anti-joke variation is: "When life gives you lemons. Life probably stole those lemons from some…

December 12, 2021
Food/Drink

“When life gives you Lenin, make Leninade”

“If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a popular saying. "Lemons" is replaced with "Lenin(s)" in jocular political variations of the adage. "When life gives…

December 12, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“When life gives you Lenin, squeeze the means of production”

“If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a popular saying. "Lemons" is replaced with "Lenin(s)" in jocular political variations of the adage. "When life gives…

December 12, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“When life gives you Lenins, make Leningrad”

“If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a popular saying. "Lemons" is replaced with "Lenin(s)" in jocular political variations of the adage. "When life gives…

December 12, 2021
Food/Drink

“When life gives you Lenins, make vodka”

“If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a popular saying. "Lemons" is replaced with "Lenin(s)" in jocular political variations of the adage. "When life gives…

August 22, 2018
Food/Drink

“When life gives you marmals, make marmalade”

"If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying. The joke has been applied to marmalade -- a fruit preserve that is not made from "marmals." "I'm…

July 1, 2017
Food/Drink

“When life gives you melons, buy a bra”

"If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying. "If/When life gives you melons, you may/might be dyslexic" is a jocular variant that has been printed on many…

May 2, 2022
Food/Drink

“When life gives you melons, wear a low cut top”

"If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying. "If/When life gives you melons, you may/might be dyslexic" is a jocular variant that has been printed on many…

July 17, 2019
Work/Businesses

“When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day”

"When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day" is a Monday saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain. "When life gives you Monday, dip…

May 22, 2021
Food/Drink

“When life gives you onions, make onionade”

"If/When life gives you onions, make onionade" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Life gave me onions. Onionade sucks" is another saying that has been…

December 10, 2019
Time/Weather

“When life gives you snow, make snow angels”

"When life gives you (too much) snow, make snow angels" is a seasonal saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the popular saying, "If life gives you…

June 16, 2021
Food/Drink

“When life gives you tacos, eat them”

"When life gives you tacos, eat them" and "When life gives you broken tacos, make nachos (taco salad)" are sayings that have been printed on several images. The sayings are…

December 23, 2024
Time/Weather

“When life gives you too much snow, make snow angels”

"When life gives you (too much) snow, make snow angels" is a seasonal saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the popular saying, "If life gives you…

January 19, 2020
Food/Drink

“When life hands me lemons, I make chocolate cake and leave bitches wondering”

"When life hands me lemons, I make chocolate cake and leave bitches wondering how I did it" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the…

January 24, 2026
Food/Drink

“When life hands me lemons, I put them in the fridge next to the bagged salad I’m also not going to eat”

"If life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old proverb. A jocular variation was posted on X/Twitter by krista on October 18, 2025: "When life hands me lemons, I put them in the…

January 17, 2020
Food/Drink

“When life hands you gators, make Gatorade”

"If/When life gives/hands you gators, make Gatorade" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the popular saying, "If life gives you…

September 6, 2020
Food/Drink

“When life hands you lemons, kill them, crush them, drink their souls”

"When life hands you lemons, kill them, crush them, drink their souls" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the popular saying, “If life…

May 2, 2022
Food/Drink

“When life hands you melons, wear a low-cut shirt and use them to get free lemonade”

"If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying. "If/When life gives you melons, you may/might be dyslexic" is a jocular variant that has been printed on many…

October 19, 2019
Work/Businesses

“When life knocks you down, roll over, and look at the stars”

"When life knocks you down, roll over, and look at the stars" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. "When life knocks you down roll over and look at the…

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