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January 17, 2024
Food/Drink

“You can accidentally make a baby, but you can’t accidentally make food”

It's frequently joked that people can "accidentally" make a baby, but that people can't accidentally make food. "You can accidentally make a baby, but you can't…

January 17, 2024
Food/Drink

“You can accidentally make a baby, but you can’t accidentally make fries”

It's frequently joked that people can "accidentally" make a baby, but that people can't accidentally make food. "You can accidentally make a baby, but you can't…

January 17, 2024
Food/Drink

“You can accidentally make a human life, but not a pizza”

It's frequently joked that people can "accidentally" make a baby, but that people can't accidentally make food. "You can accidentally make a baby, but you can't…

January 17, 2024
Food/Drink

“You can accidentally make a person, but you can’t accidentally make a pizza”

It's frequently joked that people can "accidentally" make a baby, but that people can't accidentally make food. "You can accidentally make a baby, but you can't…

February 12, 2026
Food/Drink

“You can add tears while cooking if you don’t have salt”

Human tears have salt in them. Many cooking recipes require salt. "the salt from tears in your food will just add flavor" was posted on X/Twitter by Foster The People on February 24,…

August 1, 2019
Food/Drink

“You can all come out now. I’ve had my coffee”

Some people aren't themselves until they've had a cup of coffee. "You can (all) come out now. I've had my coffee" is a jocular coffee saying that has been printed on many…

January 23, 2018
Work/Businesses

“You can also do work the day after tomorrow. Be lazy. Think crazy”

"Be Lazy. Think crazy" is a saying that has been printed on many images. It's another version of the old saying, "Choose a lazy person to do a hard job because that person will…

June 3, 2022
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“You can always tell a dogwood by its bark”

Dogs bark. Trees have bark. An old joke is told about the flowering dogwood tree. "Dog-wood, says the New York Star, may readily be distinguished by its peculiar bark" was printed in the…

March 31, 2024
Food/Drink

“You can always trust me. Not alone with cake, but other than that”

"Of course you can trust me. Not alone with cake, but otherwise" (or "You can always trust me. Not alone with cake, but other than that") is a saying that has been printed on…

December 6, 2022
Time/Weather

“You can be a night owl AND an early bird if your sleep schedule’s fucked enough”

"You can be a night owl AND an early bird if your sleep schedule's messed up enough" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "You can be a night owl AND an early bird…

December 6, 2022
Time/Weather

“You can be a night owl AND an early bird if your sleep schedule’s messed up enough”

"You can be a night owl AND an early bird if your sleep schedule's messed up enough" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "You can be a night owl AND an early bird…

September 1, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“You can be as polite as you want. The state will still fucking kill you”

"YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT. THE STATE WILL STILL FUCKING KILL YOU" (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Colorado Marxist on November 5, 2020. It's uncertain who…

July 25, 2025
Food/Drink

“You can be in the middle of a mental break down. Them kids gone ask for a snack”

When kids want food, nothing else matters to them -- certainly not what their parents are going through. This was posted on Facebook by Toya Cooper on September 4, 2022, and it received over 21,000…

June 3, 2019
Work/Businesses

“You can be right, or you can be rich”

"You can be right, or you can be rich" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "You can be right, or you can be rich" was printed in the book Secrets of the…

July 21, 2017
Food/Drink

“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world & there’s still somebody who hates peaches”

Not everybody is everyone's "cup of tea." American burlesque dancer and model Dita Von Teese used a different expression: "You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world,…

January 3, 2016
Sports/Games

“You can beat a race, but you can’t beat the races”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksOh, Doctor!A NovelBy Harry Leon WilsonNew York, NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation1923Pg. 123:"You can beat a race," she said, "but you…

March 11, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it”

"You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it" was written by American novelist, poet and environmental activist Wendell Berry in notes from March 14, 1969.…

May 16, 2014
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You can borrow for college, but not for retirement”

"You can borrow for college, but not for retirement" is popular family financial advice. A family can borrow for a child's education, and the child's future earnings can pay off…

April 2, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“You can build a throne with bayonets, but it’s difficult to sit on it”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksThe Yale Book of QuotationsEdited by Fred R. ShapiroNew Haven, CT: Yale University Press2006Pg. 382:William Ralph IngeEnglish prelate and author,…

January 14, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can buy a half chicken at Whole Foods”

Can you buy a half chicken at Whole Foods? The joke was popularized by American stand-up comedian and actor Brody Stevens (1970-2019). "Whole Foods? Once bought a half-chicken there. Get it?…

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