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November 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“These Black Friday sales need to get a lil blacker for me”

"These Black Friday sales need to get a lil blacker for me" is a saying that has been printed on many images. By "blacker," the speaker means that the sales need to be better,…

July 19, 2020
Work/Businesses

“These days you can’t even say ‘black paint’ any more” (NSFW joke)

A political correctness joke (probably NSFW) states that you cannot say "black paint." That is usually an adjective and a noun, but the joke has it as a noun and a verb. "Apparently…

June 18, 2024
Banking/Finance/InsuranceWork/Businesses

“These days you gotta have a job for the bills & another job for yourself”

"These days you gotta have a job for the bills and another job for yourself" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the economy is so bad, people need two jobs just to…

June 18, 2024
Banking/Finance/InsuranceWork/Businesses

“These days you gotta have a job for the bills and another for yourself”

"These days you gotta have a job for the bills and another job for yourself" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the economy is so bad, people need two jobs just to…

June 29, 2022
Work/Businesses

“These weekends are starting to feel like 30 min lunch breaks”

"These weekends are starting to feel like a 30 minute lunch break" is a saying that has been printed on many images. For many people who work weekdays, the weekend seems to go by too…

June 29, 2022
Work/Businesses

“These weekends are starting to feel like a 30 minute lunch break”

"These weekends are starting to feel like a 30 minute lunch break" is a saying that has been printed on many images. For many people who work weekdays, the weekend seems to go by too…

January 6, 2021
Work/Businesses

“They are giving away free money!! At a place called ‘work’”

"They are giving away free money!! At a place called 'work.' Just go there & follow simple instructions & get your own!!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

September 6, 2018
Work/Businesses

“They aren’t making yardsticks any longer”

A yardstick joke was printed in The Evening Star (Washington, DC) on December 11, 1922: Sambo -- Ah sees where dey ain't making yardsticks any longer.Snowball -- Why am dat?Sambo -- Dey's…

May 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“They call it ‘take-home pay’ because it’s too little to go home by itself”

"I have to take my paycheck to the bank. It's too little to go by itself" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The paycheck joke started with jokes about…

June 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“They call us dreamers, but we’re the ones who don’t sleep”

"They call us dreamers, but we're the ones who don't sleep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. TwitterDroneBoy@droneboyThey call us dreamers but we're the…

July 19, 2015
Work/Businesses

“They don’t make things like they used to—and they never did”

"They don't make things like they used to" is an old lament that has had been said about many things. "They don't make plays or do anything now like they used to" was…

January 29, 2024
Work/Businesses

“They keep saying that nobody wants to work anymore but really…  nobody wants to be overworked & underpaid anymore”

"They keep saying that 'Nobody wants to work anymore' but really just nobody wants to be overworked and underpaid anymore" is a work saying that has been printed on many images.…

May 10, 2016
Work/Businesses

“They picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone else works twice as hard”

"I think they picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone always says they have to work twice as hard when I'm around!" is a jocular line. The saying originated on the American…

November 29, 2014
Work/Businesses

“They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work” (Soviet joke)

"They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work" was a popular joke with workers in the Soviet Union. The salary was always small, so workers didn't have an incentive to work hard.…

September 20, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“They said, ‘Do what you love.’ So here I am, drinking coffee and avoiding humans”

"They said, 'Do what you love.' So here I am, drinking coffee and avoiding humans" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "They said, “Do what you…

November 20, 2017
Work/Businesses

“They say a woman’s work is never done. Maybe that’s why they get paid less”

“Man works from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done” is a popular saying from the 19th century. A jocular, male-oriented twist on the saying is: "They say a woman's work is…

February 22, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“They say you’re only as old as you feel. Well I feel like I’ve been exhumed from the tombs of Egypt, given a cup of coffee and been sent to work”

"They say you’re only as old as you feel. Well I feel like I’ve been exhumed from the tombs of Egypt, given a cup of coffee and been sent to work" is a jocular saying that has been…

February 20, 2023
Work/Businesses

“They should let everyone on hold with customer service talk to one another”

People on hold with customer service need someone to talk to. This was posted on Twitter by John Mayer on October 4, 2017, and received over 314,500 likes: "They should let everyone on hold…

January 10, 2026
Work/Businesses

“They’re making me take sexual harassment training at work even though I already know how do it”

Sexual harassment training at a workplace is training to prevent sexual harassment. It is not training on how to sexually harass, but there are jokes. "Sexual Harassment class at work... What…

April 27, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Things I hate about work: 1. Getting out of bed 2. People 3. Working”

A jocular statement about work has been printed on many imagea: “Things I hate about work: 1. Getting out of bed 2. People 3. Working” The list was posted on Facebook by Memes of Langara on…

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