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March 27, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Come in, we’re awesome” (store sign)

"Come in, we're awesome" (or "Come in, we're open and awesome" is a store sign that has been printed on many images. "Come in, we're awesome" is a joke…

March 27, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Come in, we’re open and awesome” (store sign)

"Come in, we're awesome" (or "Come in, we're open and awesome" is a store sign that has been printed on many images. "Come in, we're awesome" is a joke…

March 27, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Come in. We are awesome” (store sign)

"Come in, we're awesome" (or "Come in, we're open and awesome" is a store sign that has been printed on many images. "Come in, we're awesome" is a joke…

June 25, 2019
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Come on up and I’ll show you my etchings” (sexual trope)

"Come on up and I'll show you my etchings" is an old veiled language joke that has been printed on many images. The speaker (usually a man) wants to lure a person (usually a woman)…

July 13, 2023
Food/Drink

“Come on, admit it… you’ve had tongue sex with a Twinkie at least once”

"Come on, admit it... you've had tongue sex with a Twinkie at least once" is a saying that has been printed on several images. A Twinkie is an American snack cake, and many people…

March 2, 2022
Food/Drink

“Come sit on the porch with me. The drinks are cold & the friendship’s free”

"Come sit on the porch with me. The drinks are cold & the friendship's free" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Come sit on the porch with me. The drinks are…

September 24, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthTransportation

“Come the Rapture, can I have your car?” (bumper sticker)

"Come the Rapture, can I have your car?" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "IN CASE OF RAPTURE, CAN I HAVE YOUR CAR?" was posted on the newsgroup…

July 8, 2019
Food/Drink

“Come to the dark side. We have cookies”

"Come to the dark side. We have cookies" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The "dark side" in the Star Wars movies represents evil; the cookies provide a…

September 3, 2017
Food/Drink

“Come to the nerd side. We have Pi”

"Come to the nerd side. We have Pi" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Don't fight it. Give in, come to the nerd-side. Also, we have cookies" was posted on…

September 19, 2017
Education/Schools

“Come to the nerd side. We have Pi”

"Come to the nerd side. We have Pi" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Don't fight it. Give in, come to the nerd-side. Also, we have cookies" was posted on…

February 21, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Come-to-Jesus” Meeting

"Come to Jesus" (and the "come to Jesus meeting") was an early 20th century Christian message, often spread by traveling preachers who held tent meetings. A different and later…

April 22, 2015
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“Comedy doesn’t travel well”

"Comedy doesn't travel well" is an entertainment adage that has been applied to plays, films, television shows and stage performers. Comedy depends on language and culture, and other…

January 24, 2012
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“Comedy is a serious business” (theatre adage)

"Comedy is a serious business" has been attributed to the actor David Garrick (1717-1779), but cited in print from only 1894. Garrick allegedly said that tragedy was much easier to play.…

June 22, 2011
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“Comedy is tragedy plus time” (theatre adage)

Entry in progress -- B.P. 21 July 1958, Bakersfield (CA) Californian, pg. 21, col. 1:Allen (Comedian Steve Allen -- ed.) also has another formula for laughs: "Tragedy plus time plus the will…

June 30, 2009
Food/Drink

“Comes the revolution, everyone will eat strawberries and cream!”

In the Broadway production of Ballyhoo of 1932, Willie Howard (1886-1949) and his brother Eugene Howard (1991-1965) played in a skit where a soap-box orator told some Columbus Circle (New York…

March 26, 2025
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Comic Sans implies the existence of Comic Avec”

Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…

March 26, 2025
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Comic Sans implies the existence of Comic Serif”

Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…

March 24, 2025
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Comic Sans implies the existence of Serious Sans”

Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…

March 24, 2025
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Comic Sans implies the existence of Serious Serif”

Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…

March 24, 2025
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Comic Sans implies the existence of Tragic Sans”

Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…

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