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June 24, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than donut grease” (very hot)

Someone who is "hotter than donut/doughnut grease" is someone who is very attractive (or "hot"). The expression is also used for someone on a hot streak, and for hot weather.…

June 22, 2022
Food/Drink

“Hotter than doughnut grease at a fat man convention” (very hot)

Someone who is "hotter than donut/doughnut grease" is someone who is very attractive (or "hot"). The expression is also used for someone on a hot streak, and for hot weather.…

June 22, 2022
Food/Drink

“Hotter than doughnut grease” (very hot)

Someone who is "hotter than donut/doughnut grease" is someone who is very attractive (or "hot"). The expression is also used for someone on a hot streak, and for hot weather.…

June 22, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than doughnut grease” (very hot)

Someone who is "hotter than donut/doughnut grease" is someone who is very attractive (or "hot"). The expression is also used for someone on a hot streak, and for hot weather.…

June 22, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July” (very hot)

Entry in progress -- BP “Hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July” and “Hotter than the Fourth of July” are related sayings. Newspapers.com3 July 2009, The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma…

June 21, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than the Fourth of July” (very hot)

Entry in progress -- BP “Hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July” and “Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July" are related sayings. Newspapers.com3 July 2009, The Daily Oklahoman…

May 28, 2023
Food/Drink

“House salad implies the existence of a drum and bass salad”

A "house salad" is the regular salad of an American restaurant. It's not made of a house or served to a house. "House salads imply the existence of apartment and condominium…

May 28, 2023
Food/Drink

“House salad implies the existence of apartment salad”

A "house salad" is the regular salad of an American restaurant. It's not made of a house or served to a house. "House salads imply the existence of apartment and condominium…

May 5, 2014
Food/Drink

“House to let, inquire within; people turned out for drinking gin”

"House to let, inquire within; people turned out for drinking gin" became a popular jump-rope rhyme in the 20th century. It originated as a house sign in the 19th century. The New York…

May 9, 2023
Food/Drink

“House wine should be on the house”

A "house salad" is the regular salad of an American restaurant. It's not a salad that's "on the house" (free). House wine is an inexpensive drinking wine served in…

May 22, 2019
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Housework, if you do it right, will kill you”

"Housework, if you do it right, will kill you" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. American humorist Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) pointed out in an October 1986…

June 8, 2014
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Housing IS the business cycle”

"Housing is the business cycle" is the title of a 2007 paper by Edward Leamer, an American professor of economics and statistics. Leamer wrote: "Housing is the most important factor…

November 28, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“How about a Black Friday for medical bills?”

Black Friday sales often have reduced price televisions, but most people need reduced price necessities -- especially healthcare. "Black Friday but for groceries and utilities and medical…

December 17, 2011
Sports/Games

“How about that!” (Yankee announcer Mel Allen catchphrase)

"How about that!" was the catchphrase of Mel Allen (1913-1996), the sports announcer who was called the "Voice of the Yankees." Allen's 1996 New York (NY) Times obituary…

February 12, 2025
Transportation

“How am I driving? How does an engine even work? How can a loving God cause such agony” (bumper sticker)

"How am I driving? How does an engine even work? How can a loving God cause such agony” (or "How’s my driving? How does an engine even work? Why would a loving God cause such…

November 6, 2025
Food/Drink

“How am I supposed to get my 5 servings of fruit a day when there’s only 4 colors of Fruit Loops?”

Froot Loops (often misspelled as "Fruit Loops") is a multi-colored cereal. Each color of the cereal does not count as a daily serving of fruit, but there are jokes. "How am I…

November 6, 2025
Food/Drink

“How am I supposed to get my five servings of fruit per day if there are only four colors of Froot Loops?”

Froot Loops (often misspelled as "Fruit Loops") is a multi-colored cereal. Each color of the cereal does not count as a daily serving of fruit, but there are jokes. "How am I…

March 22, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“How are an apple and a lawyer alike?” (lawyer joke)

One lawyer joke is: Q: How are an apple and a lawyer alike?A: They both look good hanging from a tree. The lawyer joke has been cited in print from at least September 1998. Other versions of the…

September 23, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“How are genders like the Twin Towers?” (joke)

Jokes about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center are numerous, although not politically correct. One such politically incorrect joke is: Q: Why are…

October 30, 2020
Food/Drink

“How are you going to fight me with a block of cheese?”/“It’s extra sharp.”

A popular meme shows two knights fighting, but one has a block of cheese instead of a weapon. "How are you going to fight me with a block of cheese?" asks one. "It's extra…

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