“Shoot O’Malley twice” (Brooklyn Dodger joke)
Brooklyn Dodger fans never forgave owner Walter O'Malley for moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958. A joke was told: Q: If you were in a room with Hitler, Stalin and…
“Shoot pool with a rope” (an impossible task)
You can't shoot pool with a rope, just as you can't push a string and you can't push spaghetti. The "shoot pool with a rope" line has become a popular remark about male…
“Shot heard ‘round the world”
The "shot heard 'round the world" was how Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) described the first shots of the American revolution at Concord, Massachusetts. Emerson's hymn was sung…
“Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser”
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser" is a famous sports saying, used in many sports. 'Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure" is…
“Show up, keep up and shut up” (golf caddy adage)
"Show up, keep up and shut up" is often said to be the job of a professional golf caddy. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1992. The professional golfer Curtis Strange is…
“Shrink it and pink it” (men’s to women’s sportswear)
Sports apparel manufacturers had a standard method when adding a women's line -- to take the men's product, shrink it, and then color it pink. The process became known in the sportswear…
“Sign at bowling alley: ‘Due to Coronavirus, please refrain from touching other people’s balls’”
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in bowling alleys taking precautions. "A Millvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania bowling alley has posted this sign" was posted on Twitter by…
“Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it’s been” (hockey adage)
"Skate to where the puck's going to be, not to where it has been" is advice that Walter Gretzky said (in January 1982) that he gave to his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky. In 1983,…
“Ski hair, don’t care”
"Ski hair, don't care" (or "Jet ski hair, don't care) is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker doesn't care about hair while skiing on snow or jet…
“Skiers are made in the summer” (skiing adage)
"Skiers are made in the summer" is a popular skiing adage, especially for cross country skiers. Skiers can work on physical exercises in the summer to prepare for the ski season.…
“Skiiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of a hill”
"I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of a hill" is a jocular anti-skiing saying that has been printed on many images. The quote was made by American humorist…
“Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads”
"Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads" (or "Skiing is the ultimate dance, and/but the mountain always leads") is a popular skiing saying. Jim Bowden, of Colorado,…
“Skiing is probably the most expensive way to fall down a mountain”
"Skiing is probably the most expensive way to fall down a mountain" is a jocular line that was posted by Andy Mac on Twitter on June 26, 2015. "The first time I went skiing it was an…
“Skiing is the only sport where you can spend an arm and a leg to break an arm and a leg”
"Skiing is the only sport where you can spend an arm and a leg to break an arm and a leg" is a jocular saying about skiing that has been cited in print since at least 1990 and that has…
“Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great risk”
"Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk" is usually credited to "anonymous" or "author unknown" or…
“Skydiving—Good to the last drop”
"Good to the last drop" is a trademarked slogan of Maxwell House Coffee, "Skydiving/Skydivers -- Good to the last drop" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift…
“Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksCharlie HustleBy Pete Rose with Bob HertzelEnglewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall1975Pg. 82:Yogi Berra, so the story goes, hadn't had a hit in quite some…
“So fast, I turned off the light in my hotel room and was in bed before it was dark”
The vaudeville team of Moran and Mack -- George Moran (1881-1949) and Charles E. Mack (1888-1934) -- told this joke in 1919: "Am I quick? Why, man, when I go to bed at night and turn out the…
“So I need a uterus to have an opinion about women’s health, but not to compete in women’s sports”
"So I need a uterus to have an opinion about women's health, but not to compete in women's sports" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Some people believe that…
“So I’m ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face”
Wikiquote: Yogi BerraLawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American baseball player, manager and member of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame,…