One of the top ten jokes at the 2011 Edinburgh Comedy Awards was: "I was playing chess with my friend and he said, 'Let's make this interesting.' So we stopped playing…
A popular -- and obvious -- bobsleighing joke is: "I went bobsleighing the other day. Killed/Slayed/Sleighed 20 Bobs." The number of "Bobs" (or "bobs") has varied.…
Who's the best couple to go fishing with? Rod and Annette (a net), of course! "What do you call a Genestealer and a Sister of Battle fishing? Rod and Annette" was posted on the…
Many people watching soccer (especially World Cup soccer) have long believed that the soccer players fall down and "act" to draw penalties on the opposing players. "I just went to a…
Fighting has long been a part of ice hockey. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) -- who founded Dangerfield's comedy club in Manhattan -- made a popular joke about it in July 1978: "I…
Many people watching soccer (especially World Cup soccer) have long believed that the soccer players fall down and "act" to draw penalties on the opposing players. "I just went to a…
A "dick move" is a contemptibly cruel or selfish action. It doesn't involve a "dick" making a chess move, but there have been several jokes. "Penis-shaped figures on a…
"Cage fighting" doesn't involve bird cages, but there are jokes. "Won my first cage fight earlier today.... Fucking budgie never knew what hit it...." was posted on Twitter…
Men sometimes transition to women to participate in women's athletics, but few women transition to men to participate in men's athletics. "I wonder why there are no women…
"I wondered why the baseball/frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit me" is a popular Internet joke of unknown authorship. "I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then…
"I would definitely watch golf if land mines were involved" ( or "I could actually watch golf on TV if land mines were involved") is a saying that has been printed on several…
"I'd rather be lucky than good" is a popular sports saying. "It is better to be born lucky than good-looking" is a somewhat similar saying that was popular in the late 19th…
"I'm having trouble organizing a Hide and Seek league. Good players are hard to find" is a joke that was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on November 4, 2015. "I’ve been trying to…
Many people wanted to know during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: just how effective is bowling alley shoe spray? "Have we tried fighting the corona with bowling alley shoe spray" was…
"I'm not a big fan of archery. It has too many drawbacks" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The joke originated on the website Pun of the Day on June 13,…
"Push" often means to strongly suggest or direct, but sometimes it involves actual pushing. "I'm not really interested in tobogganing, but I would probably do it if pushed.…
California Angels manager Gene Mauch (1925-2005) said in 1985, "I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager." The…
There's a difference between "Checkmate!" (said at the end of a game of chess) and "Check/cheque, mate!" (said at the end of a restaurant meal in Australia), but it's…
"I'm so old, I can remember playing solitaire with an actual deck of cards" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Many -- perhaps most -- people now play solitaire on…
New York Yankee baseball player Reggie Jackson's comments in Sport magazine from May 1977 angered other Yankees, such as catcher Thurman Munson. Jackson was quoted as saying: "it all…