“They sure don’t make time machines like they’re going to!”
“They don’t make things like they used to” is an old saying. “They don’t make time machines like they’re going to very soon” was said by English actor, DJ and comedian Matt King and printed in the Evening News (Edinburgh, Scotland) on June 25, 2001.
“They don’t make time machines like they will” was posted on Twitter by 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚔𝚢 on August 24, 2011. “They sure don’t make time machines like they’re going to!” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on December 9, 2015.
Wikipedia: Matt King (comedian)
Matt King (born 31 January 1968) is an English actor, DJ and comedian. He is most known for his role as Super Hans in the British sitcom Peep Show.
25 June 2001, Evening News (Edinburgh, Scotland), “Reviews: King’s night a crowning glory” by Sharon Cribbin, pg. 25:
Matt King, The Stand ****
IN front of one of the keenest and most enthusiastic audiences I have seen at The Stand for a long time, Matt King parades up and down, a master of all he surveys.
His material is wide ranging. Punchlines fly in from all angles, and are quite often totally unexpected. Dealing with everything from the problems with time travel - “They don’t make time machines like they’re going to very soon” - to why you will never see a deaf fish, King leaps from subject to subject with great abandon.
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Tom O’Daighre
@tomOdaighre
They don’t make time machines like they used to going to do.
7:19 PM - 10 Nov 2010
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𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚔𝚢
@SaraRosinsky
They don’t make time machines like they will.
5:13 PM - 24 Aug 2011
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Vincent Moore
@Moore_Vincent
Boy, they sure don’t make time machines like they will anymore.
9:46 AM - 30 Jun 2015
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/powerscunner December 9, 2015
They sure don’t make time machines like they’re going to!
Reddit—Jokes
Stupid one liners everyone should know
itsrob March 1, 2016
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They sure don’t make time machines like they’re going to!
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Matt Austin-Sadowski
@mattyaustin
Man, they sure don’t make time machines like they will anymore.
10:30 AM - 13 May 2017 from Toronto, Ontario
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alien skier 👽 👽 👽
@clichedout
Nowadays, they just don’t make time machines like they will.
8:40 AM - 8 Jun 2017
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alien skier 👽 👽 👽
@clichedout
they just don’t make time machines like they will
10:39 PM - 10 Oct 2018
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Bakers old Treehouse
@bringbakerback
#TheyDontMake__LikeTheyUsedTo
They don’t make time machines like they used to, at least not yet.
11:00 PM - 15 Mar 2019
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alien skier 👽 👽 👽
@clichedout
They just don’t make time machines like they will
7:04 PM - 6 May 2019