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June 21, 2021
Work/Businesses

“So you’re telling me a monkey runs this business?”

"Monkey business" does not mean that a monkey owns or runs a business, but there are jokes. "You're telling me a monkey runs this business?" was posted on Twitter by…

June 21, 2021
Work/Businesses

“So you’re telling me a monkey started this business?”

"Monkey business" does not mean that a monkey owns or runs a business, but there are jokes. "You're telling me a monkey runs this business?" was posted on Twitter by…

June 21, 2021
Work/Businesses

“So you’re telling me this monkey owns a business?”

"Monkey business" does not mean that a monkey owns or runs a business, but there are jokes. "You're telling me a monkey runs this business?" was posted on Twitter by…

August 21, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Solar energy is just nuclear energy from a safe distance”

Solar energy can be compared to nuclear energy. "When you think about it, #solar energy IS #nuclear energy... and I like my nuclear reactors 94 million miles away from my home -K.S." was…

June 1, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Solar energy is the future, but it won’t happen overnight”

"Overnight" can mean "quickly" or "suddenly," but sometimes it literally means over night. This is the basis of a solar power pun. "Scientists agree that solar…

November 4, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Solar power is the future, but it won’t happen overnight”

"Overnight" can mean "quickly" or "suddenly," but sometimes it literally means over night. This is the basis of a solar power pun. "Scientists agree that solar…

November 4, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Solar power is the way forward, but it won’t happen overnight”

"Overnight" can mean "quickly" or "suddenly," but sometimes it literally means over night. This is the basis of a solar power pun. "Scientists agree that solar…

May 14, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Some call it multitasking, but I call it doing something else until I remember what I was doing in the first place”

"Some call it multitasking, but I call it doing something else until I remember what I was doing in the first place" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. There are…

May 14, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Some call it multitasking. I call it doing something else while I try to remember what I was doing in the first place”

"Some call it multitasking, but I call it doing something else until I remember what I was doing in the first place" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. There are…

January 1, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Some days are better, some days are worse. Look for the blessing instead of the curse”

"Some days are better, some days are worse. Look for the blessing instead of the curse. Be positive, stay strong, and get enough rest. You can't do it all, but you can do your best"…

December 15, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some days I feel like I’m surrounded by idiots. Other days I realize it’s not just some days”

"Some days you feel like you're surrounded by idiots. Other days you realize it's not just some days" (also "Some days I feel like I'm surrounded by idiots. Other days…

December 31, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some days I swear I’m gonna give up. Some days I swear I’ll never give up. Some days I just swear”

"Some days I swear I'm gonna give up. Some days I swear I'll never give up. Some days I just swear... Every day I just keep going" is a saying that has been printed on many…

December 15, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some days you feel like you’re surrounded by idiots. Other days you realize it’s not just some days”

"Some days you feel like you're surrounded by idiots. Other days you realize it's not just some days" (also "Some days I feel like I'm surrounded by idiots. Other days…

June 16, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Some days, the best thing about my job is that the chair spins”

"Some days, the best things about my job is that the chair spins" is a jocular saying that hasbeenprinted on many gift items, such as posters, ecards and coffee mugs. "Sometimes the…

July 11, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Some girls climb the ladder of success wrong by wrong”

Many people attempt to climb the ladder of success, rung by rung. An anecdote was published in many newspapers in June 1930: "Lovely Letty wasn't in Hollywood long before she found out…

April 13, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Some of y’all need to go to AA meetings.. Amazon Anonymous”

"AA' meetings usually refers to Alcoholics Anonymous. However, a joke has a person addicted to shopping going to "AA" meetings -- Amazon Anonymous. Amaon is a popular online…

June 8, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some Old Indian Wisdom… ‘Silence is always better than bullshit’”

"Silence is better than bullshit" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Silence is better than bullshit" is a track by the group Blade from the album The Lion Goes…

October 31, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Some people are like blisters — they don’t show up until the work is done”

"Some people are like blisters -- they don't show up until the work is done" has been cited in print since at least January 1959. The saying was printed in many newspapers in the…

August 4, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade”

"Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade" is a business aphorism that has been credited to American authors H. Jackson Brown, Jr., James…

August 2, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Some people develop a wishbone where their back bone should be”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterFamous Quotes‏ @valuablequottesSome people develop a wishbone where their back bone should be. - Unknown1:24 PM - 31 Jul 2017

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