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December 25, 2025
Holidays/Events/ParadesTime/Weather

“We have now entered the void (25th December to 31st December)”

The period between the holidays of Christmas (December 25th) and New Year's Day (January 1st) is a time when many people are off from school or work. Some people catch up on sleep and…

December 25, 2025
Holidays/Events/ParadesTime/Weather

“We have officially entered the void (December 25th to December 31st)”

The period between the holidays of Christmas (December 25th) and New Year's Day (January 1st) is a time when many people are off from school or work. Some people catch up on sleep and…

December 25, 2025
Holidays/Events/ParadesTime/Weather

“We have officially entered the void (December 26th to December 31st)”

The period between the holidays of Christmas (December 25th) and New Year's Day (January 1st) is a time when many people are off from school or work. Some people catch up on sleep and…

June 16, 2024
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“We interrupt your happiness to bring you Monday morning. Your regularly scheduled happiness will resume on Friday”

"We interrupt your happiness (and positivity) to bring you Monday (morning). Your regularly scheduled happiness (and positivity) will resume on Friday" is a saying that has been printed…

September 20, 2024
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“We made it to Friday! Raise your cup to surviving another week of ‘What the hell now?’”

“We made it to Friday! Raise your cup to surviving another week of WTF-ery” and "We made it to Friday! Raise your cup to surviving another week of 'What the hell now?'" are…

September 20, 2024
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“We made it to Friday! Raise your cup to surviving another week of WTF-ery”

“We made it to Friday! Raise your cup to surviving another week of WTF-ery” and "We made it to Friday! Raise your cup to surviving another week of 'What the hell now?'" are…

September 19, 2022
Time/Weather

“We squint at the sun because it is bright. We squint at people because they are not”

"We squint at the sun because it's bright. We squint at people because they're not" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "We squint at the sun because…

September 19, 2022
Time/Weather

“We squint at the sun because it’s bright. We squint at people because they aren’t”

"We squint at the sun because it's bright. We squint at people because they're not" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "We squint at the sun because…

September 19, 2022
Time/Weather

“We squint at the sun because it’s bright. We squint at people because they’re not”

"We squint at the sun because it's bright. We squint at people because they're not" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "We squint at the sun because…

October 16, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“We’re so close to ‘let’s circle back next year’ season I can taste it”

In late December, people often say, "Let's circle back next year." This means that the situation will be discussed after the new year. December is sometimes jokingly called…

August 30, 2014
Time/Weather

“Weather forecast for tonight: dark”

New York City-born comedian George Carlin (1937-2008) performed the bit "Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weatherman," containing the memorable joke: "Tonight's forecast: dark.…

February 3, 2015
Time/Weather

“Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers”

"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers" is one-line saying that comes from aviation. The saying means that, like horoscopes, weather forecasts aren't very accurate.…

August 18, 2019
Time/Weather

“Wednesday (noun): still not Friday”

"Wednesday: noun /'wenzdā,ˈwenzdē/ 1. Still not Friday" is a jocular definition that has been printed on many images. "Wednesday [wenz-dey, -dee] (noun) 1. the fourth day of…

August 18, 2019
Time/Weather

“Wednesday is Latin for ‘almost Friday’”

"Wednesday is Latin for '(it's) almost Friday'" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. "Wednesday is Latin for only one more shitty day til…

August 17, 2019
Time/Weather

“Wednesday is Latin for ‘it’s almost Friday’”

"Wednesday is Latin for '(it's) almost Friday'" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. "Wednesday is Latin for only one more shitty day til…

April 10, 2018
Time/Weather

“Wednesday is like small Friday”

"Wednesday is like small Friday" is a saying that has been printed on an image. "The Wednesday is a small Friday" was posted on the newsgroup soc.penpals on December 8, 1997.…

October 4, 2021
Time/Weather

“Wednesday is like the middle finger of the week”

"Wednesday is like the middle finger of the week" is a Wednesday saying that has been printed on many images. "RT: @JeremyLeeAsh: Wednesday is kinda like the middle finger of the…

January 21, 2025
Food/DrinkTime/WeatherWork/Businesses

“Wednesday, also known as Monday III.  Coffee, please”

"Tuesday, also known as Monday II. Coffee, please" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. Monday is the traditional start of the work week, and is disliked by many…

August 10, 2022
Time/Weather

“Wednesday: not as depressing as Monday, not as exciting as Friday”

"Hump Day: not as depressing as Monday, not as exciting as Friday" (also "Wednesday: not as depressing as Monday, not as exciting as Friday” and "Hump Day Wednesday: not as…

August 10, 2022
Time/Weather

“Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week!”

"Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week!" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is usually credited to British producer and actor Lee Fox Williams.…

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