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September 8, 2018
Food/Drink

“Collared greens are just well dressed vegetables”

"Collard greens" are not "collared greens" -- they don't wear collars -- but there are jokes. "To me 'collared greens' are just well dressed vegetables"…

October 5, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Collect moments, not things”

"Collect moments, not things" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. "Clothes? Vehicles? Homes? It's all only stuff. Time is everything. Spend it…

April 12, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery”

"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery" is a saying that has been attributed to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) and that has been printed on…

January 8, 2013
Education/Schools

“College—The most expensive party I’ve ever been to”

"College ~ The most expensive party I've ever been to" is the text on a Rotten eCard. College was described as "the most expensive party my father ever sent me to" in 1994;…

September 30, 2017
Education/Schools

“College bookstores are like the GameStop of textbooks”

Students trade-in computer games at GameStop; when they go to college, they trade-in textbooks at the college bookstore. "College bookstores are the only place worse than Gamestop for trade-in…

February 14, 2018
Education/Schools

“College is a constant struggle of if I should eat, sleep, cry, study, or workout”

A saying about college was posted on Twitter by zoey on January 23, 2018: "College is a constant struggle of if I should eat, sleep, cry, study, or workout." The saying received many…

October 24, 2014
Education/Schools

“College is a fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink”

"College is a fountain of knowledge where students gather to drink" is a jocular line that has been cited in print since at least 1951. The saying is of uncertain authorship.…

September 8, 2018
Education/Schools

“College is just the most expensive book club”

College textbooks are usually very expensive. "College is just a really expensive book club where we read and discuss" was posted on Twitter by Peppy on February 1, 2010. "With…

March 30, 2018
Education/Schools

“College is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane”

"Adulthood/College is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane" -- that is, doing everything right and then getting blindsided by something…

December 18, 2017
Education/Schools

“College is soup and I am a fork”

"Life is a soup and I'm a (fucking) fork" -- a utensil useless for drinking soup -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. The song "(I'm Gonna) Kick You…

August 20, 2019
Education/Schools

“College is the new indentured servitude”

Many people take our large student loans to afford to go to college. "College is the new indentured servitude" was posted on Twitter by Steven★★★☆☆Sanders on August 18, 2008.…

January 26, 2017
Education/Schools

“College is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable”

"COllege is the only time in which being poor and drunk is acceptable" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The jocular saying was posted on Twitter by Selena Starla and…

July 14, 2017
Education/Schools

“College is the opposite of kidnapping. They demand $100,000 from you or they’ll send your kid back”

"For parents, college is the opposite of kidnapping. They demand $100,000 from you or they’ll send your kid back" is a jocular statement about college that was posted on Twitter by Kent…

October 1, 2020
Education/Schools

“College prepares you for real life right away. It puts you in debt”

Does college prepare students for real life? "RT @OneLinersPlus College prepares you for real life. Right off, it puts you in debt. #college #growingup #quote #funny" was posted on…

June 21, 2015
Education/Schools

“College Years: The only vacation a boy gets between his mother and his wife”

"College Years: The only vacation a boy gets between his mother and his wife" was a popular saying in the 1950s and was a "Daffynition" (jocular or "daffy" definition)…

January 29, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Colonel Sanders chicken recipe has been kept more secure than US classified documents”

A possession of classified documents story in January 2023 involved U.S. President Joe Biden, just as a similar story had involved former president Donald Trump. It was joked that the secret KFC…

June 14, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Colt: The original point and click interface”

"The original point and click interface" (a gun) is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. "Smith & Wesson: the original point-and-click interface" was…

July 26, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Colton’s Steak House is a poor man’s Texas Roadhouse”

The restaurants LongHorn Steakhouse (founded in 1981), Outback Steakhouse (founded in 1988), Logan's Roadhouse (founded in 1991), Texas Roadhouse (founded in 1993) and Colton's Steak…

June 17, 2013
Transportation

“Come as you are in the family car” (drive-in slogan)

"Come as you are in the family car" is slogan that was used in advertisements for drive-in movie theatres. "Come dressed as you are in the family car" was cited in a drive-in…

December 4, 2015
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Come for the food. Stay for the fun”

Some establishments advertise "food and fun." The fun could include games and large television screens to watch sports. "Come for the food, Stay for the fun" is a popular line.…

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