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April 6, 2024
Work/Businesses

“*gently puts my mental health in rice*”

"*gently puts my mental health in rice*" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A phone that fell into the toilet can possibly be revived after being put in uncooked rice, but…

August 13, 2021
Work/Businesses

“10 out of 10 scientists agree with whoever funded them”

"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…

August 13, 2021
Work/Businesses

“10 out of 10 scientists agree with whoever is paying them”

"9/10 scientists will agree with whoever is paying them" was posted on Twitter by RRP on May 15, 2021. "10 out of 10 scientists agree with those who are paying them...." was…

October 14, 2022
Work/Businesses

“10:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today”

"11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today" is a work saying that has been printed on many images, often with different hours. "11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm -…

October 14, 2022
Work/Businesses

“11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today”

"11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm - but not today" is a work saying that has been printed on many images, often with different hours. "11:00am - anything is possible. 2:00pm -…

August 1, 2023
Work/Businesses

“2 ways to stay healthy: Drink plenty of water and mind your business”

"Drink water & mind your business" (also "Good morning. Don't forget to drink water and mind your own business," among other variations) is a saying that has been…

August 3, 2021
Work/Businesses

“3 places you can stay for free: out my business, out my way and out my face”

"places you can stay absolutely free: - over there - in your lane - out of my business" was posted on Twitter by @stfufeeIs on December 26, 2020. "Top 3 places you can STAY…

March 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“3 things to keep private: your love life, your income and your next move”

"3 things to keep private: your love life, your income and your next move" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Keep your next move, income, and your love life…

April 21, 2021
Work/Businesses

“4/20: National Pot Smokers Day 4/21: National Surprise Drug Test Day”

"4/20: National Pot Smokers Day 4/21: National Surprise Drug Test Day 4/22 National Unemployment Day" is a popular joke. "RT @MsLoV3ly: Hope everyone is enjoying National Surprise…

March 4, 2025
Work/Businesses

“A 57,000 square foot Temu warehouse in China went up in flames today. The total loss of inventory has been estimated to be as high as $56.19 USD”

Temu is an online marketplace, known for cheap goods from China. How cheap? A joke was posted on X/Twitter by Will Lyster on December 28, 2024: "A 57,000 square foot Temu warehouse in China…

October 25, 2012
Work/Businesses

“A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist”

"A bargain is usually something you can't use at a price you can't resist" (or, in a later form, "A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't…

November 6, 2017
Pets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)Work/Businesses

“A blind man walks into a shop with his seeing-eye dog…” (joke)

Many people walk through stores "just looking around." A joke was printed in the New York (NY) Times on August 30, 1983, of a blind person who grabs his seeing eye dog by the tail and…

November 18, 2013
Work/Businesses

“A boss is like a diaper—always on your ass and full of shit”

"A boss is like a diaper -- always on your ass and full of shit" is a jocular one-line saying shared by many workers. "Bosses are like diapers — full of shit and all over your…

September 3, 2013
Work/Businesses

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business”

American automaker Henry Ford (1863-1947) ran a business that made lots of money, but he didn't view that alone as a measure of success. His Dearborn (MI) Independent newspaper column,…

September 4, 2014
Work/Businesses

“A business with no sign is a sign of no business”

Many sign companies have advertised themselves with a popular slogan. "A business with no sign is a sign of no business" was cited in print in April 1959. "A business without a sign…

April 30, 2016
Work/Businesses

“A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator”

French essayist and philosopher Paul Valéry (1871-1945) is credited with: "A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator."("Il fallait un calculateur, ce fut un danseur qui…

May 14, 2016
Work/Businesses

“A businessman is someone to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom”

Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) wrote in 1903 about "these cricketers to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom." The Chicago (IL) Tribune in 1905 gave the epigram,…

July 24, 2019
Work/Businesses

“A case of the Mondays” (school/work saying)

"A case of the Mondays" -- Monday is often the first day of the school/work week -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A case of the Mondays was said three times in…

November 17, 2017
Work/Businesses

“A cashier asked me if I wanted paper or plastic. I said, ‘Just put the money in a bag!!’”

A cashier often gives a customer a choice of bags and asks, "Paper or plastic?" A joke situation occurs when a robber asks to put money in a bag. "Robber: put the money in the bag!!…

April 10, 2019
Work/Businesses

“A chiropractor is a hip-pop artist”

"Hip-pop" is a music portmanteau of "hip-hop" and "pop." "If I were a chiropractor, I’d listen to HIP-POP! GET IT?" was posted on Twitter by Matthew Inman…

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