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June 5, 2025
Education/SchoolsWork/Businesses

“Fun prank: Make people study for 16 years and then replace them with AI”

"Fun prank: Make people study for 16 years (and) then replace them with AI" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people study for 16 years (12 years of public school and…

June 5, 2025
Education/SchoolsWork/Businesses

“Fun prank: Make people study for 16 years then replace them with AI”

"Fun prank: Make people study for 16 years (and) then replace them with AI" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people study for 16 years (12 years of public school and…

September 29, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Funeral homes are a dying business”

"Funeral homes are a dying business" is an old joke in that industry. "A dying business. -Funeral business" was published in the Australian Financial Review in July 1982.…

July 14, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Funny how they say we need to talk when they really mean you need to listen”

An employer sometimes pulls aside a problem employee with, "We need to talk." "Funny how they say we need to talk when they really mean you need to listen" is a one-line saying…

April 23, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Fur coats are worn by beautiful animals and ugly people”

"Fur coats are worn by beautiful animals and ugly people" is an animal rights saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship of the saying is unknown, but it has been cited in…

July 26, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“FYI: Today’s achievements, if any, will be brought to you by caffeine, sarcasm and sheer stubbornness”

"Today's achievements, if any, will be brought to you by caffeine, sarcasm and sheer stubbornness" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "FYI: Today's…

July 17, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksWork/Businesses

“Garage sales are a great place to find extra stuff for you to throw away when you move”

Garage sales ("car boot sales" in the United Kingdom are similar) often just transfer used goods -- "junk" in some people's opinions -- from one house to another.…

April 7, 2024
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“Gardening is just another day at the plant”

"Gardening is just another day at the plant" (or "Gardening: Just another day at the plant") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Gardening is not…

April 7, 2024
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“Gardening: Just another day at the plant”

"Gardening is just another day at the plant" (or "Gardening: Just another day at the plant") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Gardening is not…

August 13, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Get a foot in the door” (get an opening to an opportunity)

The expression "get a foot in the door" comes from the days of door-to-door salesmen around 1900. A salesman would stick his foot in the door so that the door coudn't be closed, thus…

December 9, 2011
Work/Businesses

“Get big, get niche or get out” (business adage)

"Get big, get niche or get out" is a popular saying in the information technology (IT) industry, particularly in the UK. The saying means that a business can survive by "getting…

July 7, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Get up. Dust off. Yell Fuck. Start again”

"Get up. Dust off. Yell Fuck. Start again" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Pick yourself up, Take a deep breath, Dust yourself off, And start all over again"…

May 10, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksWork/Businesses

“Get yourself a good pair of work boots and a comfortable bed. When you’re not in one, you’ll be in the other”

"Make sure your work boots and your bed are comfortable because that’s all you’ll ever be in" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Get yourself a good pair of work…

December 3, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“Getting myself a treat because today would have been my birthday if I was born today”

"Today would have been my birthday if I was born today" (or "Today would've been my birthday if I was born today") is a saying -- with variations -- that has been printed…

September 20, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars—let go to move forward”

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward" has been cited in print since at least 1999 and is of…

March 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Getting ready to change from my daytime pajamas into my nighttime pajamas”

"Getting ready to change from my daytime pajamas into my nighttime pajamas" -- describing someone who works at home, or is a home-bound loser -- is a saying that has been printed on many…

November 8, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something done right is an achievement”

"Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something done right is an achievement" is a popular saying of unknown authorship. The saying has been cited in print since at least…

March 24, 2006
Work/Businesses

“Getting there is half the fun” (Cunard)

The Cunard Line stopped in New York City. The Cunard Building, at 25 Broadway, is worth a visit. Cunard's famous slogan was "Getting There Is Half the Fun." Wikipedia: Cunard LineThe…

March 16, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Give a man a job, you have an employee. Teach him how to shift blame, you have a manager”

A popular proverb is: "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” A joke variation was posted on Twitter by Billy Dyer on January 11,…

August 26, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Give away the store” (conceding too much in a transaction)

To "give away the store" is to give away a substantial amount in a transaction. For example, a sports team desperate to acquire a superstar player might "give away the store" in…

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