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March 17, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I have added ‘extensive experience in dealing with stupid people’ to my resume”

"I've decided to add 'extensive experience in dealing with stupid people' to my resume. That has got to be a marketable skill" is a saying that has been printed on many…

April 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I have always been suspicious of Wendy’s hamburgers because they are square; much unlike the round hamburgers one finds in nature”

Wendy's fast food restaurants serve square hamburgers. This was posted on X/Twitter by Dead Pan Nick on December 5, 2013, and received over 6,900 likes: "I have always been suspicious of…

November 19, 2016
Food/Drink

“I have an addiction to snorting powdered fruit drink mix. Anybody got a punch line?”

A joke about Kool-Aid (or another fruit-flavored powdered drink mix) is: " I have an addiction to snorting Kool-Aid (powdered drink mix). Anybody got a punch line?" "I'm so…

April 13, 2018
Sports/Games

“I have an addiction to tag. It’ll be touch and go, whether I need professional help”

Jokes about the game of tag are very "touch and go." "I'm proud to say that I have finally beaten my addiction to playing Tag, but it was touch and go there for a while"…

March 13, 2017
Food/Drink

“I have an eating disorder. I’m about to eat dis order of fries, dis order of wings…”

"I have an eating disorder; I’m about to eat dis order of fries, dis order of wings, and dis order of nuggets" is a jocular line that has been printed on several ecards. "o noes…

July 30, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I have an impersonal trainer. We meet at the gym, we don’t talk, he works out alone and I go home”

Many people who go to the gym to work out have a personal trainer. Are there impersonal trainers? "I have an impersonal trainer. We meet at the gym, we don't talk, he works out alone and…

September 4, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I have an inferiority complex, but it’s just not a very good one”

"I have an inferiority complex, but it's (just) not a very good one" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I have an inferiority complex, but it is not a…

July 4, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksFood/Drink

“I have an open door policy. You bring beer, I’ll open the door”

"I have an open door policy. You bring beer, I'll open the door" is a saying, with many variations, that has been printed on many images "Open Door Policy. Show up with Wine,…

May 31, 2025
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I have been pressing ‘remind me tomorrow’ on my computer update for 7 years now”

X/Twitter olivia @oliviuuuuhh have clicked ‘remind me tomorrow’ every day for 8 years on computer update notification cause it’s part of my nighttime routine now 9:13 PM · Sep 12, 2022 ,a…

August 14, 2022
Time/Weather

“I have been staring at an orchard to tell the time. It’s an Apple Watch”

An Apple Watch is not the same as watching apples, but there are jokes. "The only 'Apple watch' I'll be doing this autumn is at an orchard #amirite" was posted on Twitter…

August 19, 2022
Radio/Television

“I have been watching Fox News for six hours and there has been no news about foxes”

The Fox News Channel doesn't usually have news about foxes, but there are jokes. "I have been watching Fox News for six hours and there has been no news about foxes.…

August 7, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me”

"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero" is a saying credited to American stand-up comedian George Carlin…

December 27, 2019
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I have decided to stop exercising and just learn Photoshop”

Some people would rather fake it than exercise. This was posted on Twitter by MomofTeen on April 19, 2018: "I have decided to stop exercising and just learn Photoshop."…

April 12, 2023
Food/Drink

“I have discovered the dark matter that holds life together… it’s called coffee”

"I have discovered the dark matter that holds life together... it's called coffee" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A picture of German-born theoretical physicist…

March 9, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I have done terrible things for money, like getting up early to go to work”

"I've done some terrible things for money, like getting up early and going to work" (or "I have done terrible things for money, like getting up early to go to work") is a…

May 15, 2018
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Jackie MasonJackie Mason (born June 9, 1931) is an American stand-up comedian and film and television actor. He is ranked #63 on Comedy Central's 100…

October 2, 2025
Food/Drink

“I have exceeded my ‘Best If Used By’ date”

"I think I’m approaching my 'Best If Used By' date" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. A "Best If Used By" date usually applies to foods, not…

May 18, 2025
Food/Drink

“I have faced more peer pressure to drink oat milk than to do drugs”

Some people don't have peer pressure to do drugs, but have pressure to eat certain "healthy" foods. This was posted on X/Twitter by Kei Lun 麒麟 on May 8, 2021, and received over…

May 31, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I have found the key to happiness. Stay the hell away from assholes”

"I have found the key to happiness. Stay the hell away from assholes" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I have found the key to keeping a positive attitude.…

December 3, 2022
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“I have furniture that goes back to Louis the 14th. That is, unless I can pay him by the 13th”

People who have furniture that goes back to the era of Louis XIV (1638-1715) like to brag about it, and there's a popular joke. "I have furniture that goes back to Louis the 14th... that…

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