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May 8, 2017
Food/Drink

“With grape powder comes grape responsibility”

"With great power comes great responsibility" is a popular line from Spider-Man comic books. "Grape" sometimes replaces "great." "With grape powder comes great…

May 21, 2023
Food/Drink

“With grate power comes grate responsibility” (cheese grater pun)

"With great power comes great responsibility" is a popular line from Spider-Man in Marvel Comics. "With grate power comes grate responsibility" is a cheese grater pun.…

August 21, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“With great power comes great electricity bill”

"With great power comes great responsibility" is a saying that was popularized by the Spider-Man series of comic books. "With great power comes great electricity bill" is a…

December 12, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“With great reflexes comes great response ability”

"With great power comes great responsibility" is a saying that was popularized in Spider-Man comic books. "With great reflexes comes great response ability" is a jocular…

April 7, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“With guns in the hands of the public, sure there will be tragedies, but without them there will be genocides”

"With guns in the hands of the public, (sure) there may/will be tragedies, but without them, there will be genocides" is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. This is…

April 7, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“With guns in the hands of the public, there may be tragedies, but without them, there will be genocides”

"With guns in the hands of the public, (sure) there may/will be tragedies, but without them, there will be genocides" is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. This is…

May 21, 2019
Food/Drink

“With ice cream, anything is popsicle”

"With ice cream, anything is popsicle" -- a pun on "anything is possible" -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "@Alecmonty we so should. Remember…

April 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“With little tea and just rice for all” (Pledge of Allegiance mondegreen)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States has been recited by millions of school children, and many of them say the wrong words. These mishearings or misinterpretations are called…

April 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“With liver tea” (Pledge of Allegiance mondegreen)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States has been recited by millions of school children, and many of them say the wrong words. These mishearings or misinterpretations are called…

May 17, 2015
Banking/Finance/InsurancePets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“With money, Latin and a good horse, you can get through all Europe”

"With Latin, a horse, and money, thou wilt pass through the world. Span." was cited in John Ray's Collection of English Proverbs (1670). "PROV. 'Con Latin, rocin y fiorin…

January 5, 2017
Food/Drink

“With organic whiskey, one may attain the stupornatural”

"Stupornatural" (stopor + supernatural) is the title of three video parodies by Michael DeSanto of badatom.com, released in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Kap'n Klystron of Newburgh, New York,…

November 4, 2022
Time/Weather

“With the end of daylight saving time, we can all enjoy watching the sun set as we eat lunch”

Not everyone appreciates the changing of clocks in the fall, and an earlier hour of darkness. This sarcastic comment was posted on Facebook by Thoughts From Aisle 4 on November 2, 2022: "With…

February 26, 2023
Food/Drink

“With this coffee and many, many refills…I shall overcome Monday”

"With this coffee and many, many refills...I shall overcome Monday" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "WITH THIS COFFEE AND MANY, MANY REFILLS..I SHALL…

June 26, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Without Arabians, 9/11 wouldn’t exist. It would be IX/XI instead”

Jokes about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center are numerous, although not politically correct. A "9/11" number joke was posted on Reddit…

September 15, 2020
Food/Drink

“Without coffee, I wouldn’t be the perky, foul-mouthed, delightful person that I am”

"Without coffee, I wouldn't be the perky, foul-mouthed, delightful person that I am (today)" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "Without coffee... I…

July 30, 2017
Food/Drink

“Without coffee, there would be darkness and chaos”

"Without coffee, there would be darkness and chaos" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Without coffee there would be darkness and chaos!" was posted on…

August 29, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Without cops, politicians would just be guys with bad opinions”

"Without cops, politicians would just be guys with bad opinions" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Anarcho-MemeCapistan on January 2, 2020. That is, the police help legitimize…

July 26, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible”

Rock musician Frank Zappa (1940-1993) said in a February 1971 interview (available on YouTube): "Well I think that progress is not possible without deviation. And I think that it's…

July 13, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Without Facebook I would forget 90% of my friend’s birthdays”

Facebook is a social networking service that provides birthday reminders. "Without Facebook I would forget 99% of my friends birthdays" was posted on Twitter by @TeenQuotes101 on December…

July 3, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Without freedom of speech, we would never know who the idiots are”

"Without freedom of speech, we would never know who the idiots are" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain. "If we don’t protect freedom of…

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