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February 2, 2023
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“Hi Friday! I’ve been looking for you since Monday”

"Hi Friday! I’ve been looking for you since Monday" is a Friday saying that has been printed on many images. "HI FRIDAY I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU SINCE MONDAY" was posted…

August 2, 2019
Time/Weather

“Hickory dickory dock, three mice ran up the clock…” (joke)

“Hickory Dickory Dock” is a popular English nursery rhyme. A joke was told on radio and printed in the Sheboygan (WI) Press on September 8, 1936: "Hickory dickory dock...Two mice ran up…

August 2, 2019
Time/Weather

“Hickory dickory dock, two mice ran up the clock…” (joke)

“Hickory Dickory Dock” is a popular English nursery rhyme. A joke was told on radio and printed in the Sheboygan (WI) Press on September 8, 1936: "Hickory dickory dock...Two mice ran up…

July 23, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hot as fuque” or “Hõte ás fuqùe” (“hot as fuck”)

"Hõte ás fuqùe" or "hot as fuque" is a fancier way to say "hot as fuck" (very hot). "Today was a good hair day, despite it being hot as fuque outside" was…

June 26, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than a blister bug in a pepper patch” (very hot)

Entry in progress -- BP yahoo! newsSouthern LivingThings Southerners Say When It's Hot Valerie Fraser LuesseMarch 20, 2017(...)It's hotter'n a blister bug in a pepper patch.…

June 22, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July” (very hot)

Entry in progress -- BP “Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July" and “Hotter than the Fourth of July” are related sayings. Newspapers.com Newspapers.com3 July 2009, The Daily Oklahoman…

June 26, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than a jalapeño’s armpit” (very hot)

"Hotter than a jalapeño's armpit" means very hot. A jalapeño pepper can be very hot to eat, but it doesn't have armpits. The expression probably borrows from "hotter than…

June 14, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than a meth pipe on payday” (very hot)

"Hotter than a meth pipe on payday" (very hot) has been printed on many images. "Today was hotter than a Polk county meth-pipe on payday" was posted on Twitter by Rev. Lu Cifer…

June 24, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than a Times Square Rolex” (very hot)

"Hotter than a Times Square Rolex" means very hot. A Rolex is an expensive watch; if it's sold on the street in Times Square, then it's "hot" (stolen and/or fake). The…

June 24, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than donut grease” (very hot)

Someone who is "hotter than donut/doughnut grease" is someone who is very attractive (or "hot"). The expression is also used for someone on a hot streak, and for hot weather.…

June 22, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than doughnut grease” (very hot)

Someone who is "hotter than donut/doughnut grease" is someone who is very attractive (or "hot"). The expression is also used for someone on a hot streak, and for hot weather.…

June 22, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July” (very hot)

Entry in progress -- BP “Hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July” and “Hotter than the Fourth of July” are related sayings. Newspapers.com3 July 2009, The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma…

June 21, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hotter than the Fourth of July” (very hot)

Entry in progress -- BP “Hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July” and “Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July" are related sayings. Newspapers.com3 July 2009, The Daily Oklahoman…

February 25, 2023
Time/Weather

“How can you tell time if clocks don’t have ears?”

When you "tell time" you're not speaking to time, but there are jokes. "How do I tell time when clocks have no ears?" was posted on Reddit -- Shittyaskscience on March 7,…

November 17, 2024
Time/Weather

“How did ONE hour make it go from dark at 9pm to dark at 6pm… somebody lying”

People have noticed that when they turn their clocks back one hour, when it used to get dark at 9 p.m. it now gets dark at 5 p.m. -- a four hour difference. "how did ONE hour make it go from…

May 4, 2015
Time/Weather

“How did the person who invented the first clock know what time it was?”

People set their clocks and watches to other ones, leading to a joke: "How did the person who invented the first clock know what time it was?" "How did the person who invented the…

October 23, 2016
Time/Weather

“How did the skeleton know it was going to rain?”/“He could feel it in his bones.”

A popular Halloween riddle about skeletons is: Q: How did the skeleton know it was going to rain?A: He could feel it in his bones. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1976. Google…

December 6, 2015
Time/Weather

“How did they measure hail before the golf ball was invented?”

"How did they measure hail before the golf ball was invented?" asks an old joke, cited in print since at least 1970. Hail is often described to come down in golf balls, but before that…

August 7, 2022
Time/Weather

“How did you find the weather on your vacation?”/“I just went outside and there it was.”

"How did you find the weather on your holiday?" really means, "How was the weather?" The joke answer is, "I just went outside and there it was." “How did you find…

February 8, 2025
Banking/Finance/InsuranceTime/Weather

“How do clouds pay their bills?”/“With a rain check.”

A weather joke was posted on X/Twitter by Jill’s Joke of the Day on July 18, 2018: "How do clouds pay their bills? With rain checks." Merriam-Webster Dictionary rain check noun 1: a…

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