Not everyone understands sarcasm. "Sarcasm is like a good game of chess. Most people don’t know how to play chess" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The…
Many skiing jokes have it that things started off OK, but "went downhill." "couple met on ski trip? .things went downhill after that" was posted on X/Twitter by Mick O Callaghan…
"Draft/Evaluate/Scout traits, not production" is a professional football adage in evaluating a player for the NFL draft. A player might have had very good or very poor production in…
"Scrabble: It’s all fun and games until someone loses an ‘I’" -- a pun on "loses an eye" -- is a jocular saying about the Scrabble word game that has been printed on many…
"Seat 'em and feed 'em" was once a popular adage of how a sports facility can make money. "The evolution of arenas over the last decade from 'seat 'em and feed…
"Second place is the first loser" is a popular sports saying that has been printed in many T-shirts. The saying has been cited in print since at least April 1994 and is of unknown…
"Seems like if you're good at gambling, you're a professional. If you're bad at it, it's an addiction" was posted on Twitter by Thomas Lennon on February 1, 2010.…
The game of bridge has a popular sex joke connected with it: "Sex is like bridge: if you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand." The joke has been cited in print…
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…
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…
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" 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" 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…
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…
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'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" (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" 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.…
"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" (or "Skiing is the ultimate dance, and/but the mountain always leads") is a popular skiing saying. Jim Bowden, of Colorado,…