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December 27, 2023
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I like all my money facing the same way”

"Call me weird but I like all my money facing the same way" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people adjust the bills in their wallets to face the same way. "I…

April 24, 2025
Food/Drink

“I like arugula because it’s good for me, delicious, and an old fashioned car horn sound”

"Arugula" is a food that has a strange name to some. "I like arugula because it's good for me, delicious, and an old fashioned car horn sound" was posted on X/Twitter by…

August 4, 2019
Food/Drink

“I like bananas because they have no bones”

Bananas don't have bones. "Also she (Rena Arnold -- ed.) liked bananas because they have no bones in them" was a vaudeville joke printed in the Pittsburgh (PA) Post on September 14,…

August 30, 2016
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“I like cats, too. Let’s exchange recipes”

"I like cats, too. Let's exchange recipes" is a jocular saying that has been printed on T-shirts and bumper stickers. The joke was posted to the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on…

September 24, 2022
Names/Phrases

“I like cities, and New York is the only real city-city” (Truman Capote)

"New York is the only real city-city" is a saying that has been printed on many images. American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor Truman Capote (1924-1984) was interviewed by…

March 27, 2017
Food/Drink

“I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake”

"I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. American comedian Lewis Black said the line in an…

May 9, 2022
Food/Drink

“I like coffee more than people”

"Sometimes I like coffee more than people" (or just "I like coffee more than people") is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "I like coffee more than…

February 24, 2017
Food/Drink

“I like coffee that kicks you in the face in the morning”

"I like coffee that kicks you in the face in the morning" is a one-line saying a coffee-lover might say. "I like coffee that Karate Kicks me in the face!" was posted on Twitter…

December 17, 2020
Education/Schools

“I like doing multiplications, sum times”

"Some times" is expressed in math puns as "sum times." "math final. 'hey do you know your multiplication?....sum times!!' yayyyy" was posted on Twitter by…

June 21, 2025
Food/Drink

“I like drinking with fat people. They get drunk and start frying chicken and shit”

There's a saying that it's good to get drunk (or to get high) with fat people -- they'll start frying chicken out of nowhere. "I love smoking around fat people cause when they…

August 27, 2022
Food/Drink

“I like eating Nerds because I’m secretly hungry for aquarium gravel and this takes the edge off”

Nerds is an American candy that is colorful, but perhaps not healthy. "I like eating Nerds because I'm secretly hungry for aquarium gravel and this takes the edge off" was posted on…

October 29, 2020
Food/Drink

“I like frozen apples. They’re hardcore”

"Hardcore" can mean many things. It usually does not refer to a "hard core," but there are jokes. "I also like frozen apples. They're hardcore" was printed in The…

September 5, 2018
Food/Drink

“I like hashtags because they look like waffles”

"I like hashtags because they look like waffles" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "DONT YOU THINK → # ← HASHTAGS LOOK LIKE WAFFLES?" was posted on Twitter…

July 4, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“I like how on cop cars, ‘protect and serve’ is in quotes, like they’re being sarcastic”

"I like how on cop cars, 'To protect and serve' is in quotes, like they're being sarcastic" was posted on X/Twitter by American comedian and writer Neal Brennan on December…

July 4, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“I like how on cop cars, ‘To protect and serve’ is in quotes, like they’re being sarcastic”

"I like how on cop cars, 'To protect and serve' is in quotes, like they're being sarcastic" was posted on X/Twitter by American comedian and writer Neal Brennan on December…

August 28, 2016
Food/Drink

“I like kids, but I don’t think I could eat a whole one”

"I like (porterhouse steak, hero sandwiches, grapefruit, et al.), but I don't think I can eat a whole one" is a common food saying. It became so common that "I like/love (X),…

June 1, 2023
Work/Businesses

“I like long romantic walks down every aisle at Target”

Entry in progress -- BP TwitterYakubu dauda@lakefancyzkI like long romantic walks down every aisle at Target. – Unknown11:44 AM · Apr 24, 2023

July 9, 2015
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I like long walks, especially when they’re taken by people who annoy me”

"I am fond of long walks—when taken by some folks who annoy me" is a jocular line that was cited in a February 1932 newspaper, without attribution. "Fred Allen admits that he likes…

May 27, 2014
Food/Drink

“I like my beer like I like my violence: domestic”

"I like my beer like I like my violence: domestic" has been posted on many bar signs. The bars possibly thought that the "joke" promotes domestic beer, but many patrons believed…

August 8, 2022
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I like my bibliographies the way I like my hot dogs: Chicago style”

The Chicago Manual of Style and a Chicago-style pizza (or a Chicago-style hot dog) are two very different things, but there are jokes. "Chicago style - how I like my pizza...and my…

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