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January 14, 2024
Time/Weather

“How to dress for cold weather: 1. take your pants off 2. get back into bed”

"How to dress for cold weather: 1. take your pants off 2. get back into bed" is a jocular winter saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at…

December 2, 2022
Time/Weather

“How to say I hate you in a nice way? ‘You are the Monday of my life’”

Many people hate Mondays. "How to say I hate you in a nice way? 'You are the Monday of my life'" and "Don't tell anyone 'I hate you' directly. Say 'You…

October 2, 2016
Time/Weather

“How’s the New Year going?”/“Shofar, so good.”

The shofar (ram's horn) is sounded on Rosh Hashanah (the start of the Jewish New Year) and on Yom Kippur (the end of the Jewish New Year). "Shofar" sounds like "so far,"…

June 12, 2016
Time/Weather

“How’s the weather up there?” (said to a tall person)

"How's the weather up there?" is a jocular line said to a very tall person. "How's the weather up there?" has been cited in print since at least 1886 -- when a…

June 26, 2022
Time/Weather

“Humid weather is like walking through soup”

Entry in progress -- BP yahoo! newsSouthern LivingThings Southerners Say When It's Hot Valerie Fraser LuesseMarch 20, 2017(...)It’s like walking through soup out here. The Mountain Eagle…

June 8, 2024
Time/Weather

“Humidity is a natural moisturizer”

Humidity has been called the "natural moisturizer" or "nature's moisturizer" or "God's moisturizer," especially in the American South. "I always claimed…

June 8, 2024
Time/Weather

“Humidity is God’s moisturizer”

Humidity has been called the "natural moisturizer" or "nature's moisturizer" or "God's moisturizer," especially in the American South. "I always claimed…

June 8, 2024
Time/Weather

“Humidity is nature’s moisturizer”

Humidity has been called the "natural moisturizer" or "nature's moisturizer" or "God's moisturizer," especially in the American South. "I always claimed…

June 8, 2024
Time/Weather

“Humidity: nature’s moisturizer”

Humidity has been called the "natural moisturizer" or "nature's moisturizer" or "God's moisturizer," especially in the American South. "I always claimed…

August 10, 2022
Time/Weather

“Hump Day 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

“Hump Day: 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…

September 26, 2024
Food/DrinkTime/Weather

“Hurricane Reminder: Red wine doesn’t need to be refrigerated”

"Hurricane Reminder: Red wine doesn't need to be refrigerated" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Hurricane tip: Red wine does not need to be…

July 4, 2021
Time/Weather

“I am first on earth, second in heaven. I appear twice in a week, once in a year. What am I?”

A riddle was printed in the Camden (NJ) Post-Telegram (and other newspapers) on May 2, 1913: Kid -- What is it that occurs once in a minute, twice in a week, and yet only once in a year?Gent --…

February 1, 2023
Time/Weather

“I am instantly 70% nicer after 3 PM on Fridays”

"I am instantly 70% nicer after 3 PM on Fridays" is a Friday saying that has been printed on many images. "I become 70% nicer after 3pm on Fridays" was posted on Twitter by Fí…

August 13, 2018
Time/Weather

“I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon”

"I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Early bird? Night owl? I pick…

January 25, 2020
Time/Weather

“I am not going outside until the temperature is above my age”

"I'm not going outside until (the) temperature is above my age" is a winter saying that has been printed on many images. The older one gets, the hotter the temperature needed.…

January 24, 2026
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I asked my boss if I could leave half an hour early the other day. He said ‘only if you make up the time’...”

When an employee has to "make up the time," that means, for example, staying late until a job is done. It doesn't mean making up a fictional time, but there are jokes. "I asked…

December 27, 2017
Time/Weather

“I asked the hot girl at my gym what her new year’s resolution was” (joke)

A new year's resolution joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on December 12, 2016: "Today i asked the hot girl at my gym what her New Year's resolution was. She said 'fuck…

June 4, 2018
Time/Weather

“I bought a second-hand time machine next Tuesday…”

There are many time travel jokes. "MATT KING on THE STAND-UP SHOW: 'I bought a second-hand time machine about three weeks from now. It was useless, it broke down tomorrow'" is a…

October 25, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I can feel Monday staring at me from across the weekend”

Monday always looms and casts a pall over the weekend. Monday usually signals a return to the work week. "Monday is already sending me threatening glances from across the room" was posted…

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