“Eat like no one is going to see you naked”
"Eat like no one is going to see you naked" is a jocular food saying that has been printed on many images. "Eat like no one will ever see you naked" was posted on Twitter by…
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“Academia is like a pie-eating contest where the reward is more pie”
“Making partner (in a law firm) is like a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie” is a popular law saying that might date to the 1970s. "As one editor aptly put it, 'Life at…
“Be alert. Don’t get hurt” (safety slogan)
"Be/Stay alert. Don't get hurt" is a safety message that has been printed on many images. "Be Alert, Don't get hurt" was in a safety poem by S. E. Kiser published in…
“Making partner is like a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie”
It's an old joke in the legal profession that making partner is like a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie. That is, you work insanely hard with many billable hours -- and your…
“What do you call a $1,000 door?”/“A grand entrance.”
$1,000 is called a "grand." A "grand entrance" has nothing to do with money, but there are puns. This riddle was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 8, 2019: Q: What do you call…
“To have and to hold and to keep your drink cold” (koozie saying)
"To have and to hold and to keep your beer/drink cold" is a saying that has been printed on many images, such as koozies. The saying is a jocular take on marriage vows, and has been…
“To have and to hold and to keep your beer cold” (koozie saying)
"To have and to hold and to keep your beer/drink cold" is a saying that has been printed on many images, such as koozies. The saying is a jocular take on marriage vows, and has been…
“Stay alert. Don’t get hurt” (safety slogan)
"Be/Stay alert. Don't get hurt" is a safety message that has been printed on many images. "Be Alert, Don't get hurt" was in a safety poem by S. E. Kiser published in…
“Scientists turn back time and end up with ‘emit’”
Scottish-born Canadian actor and improvisational comedian Colin Mochrie, playing a weird newscaster, said on the UK television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? on August 6, 2013: "Our top story:…
Sweet Alice (milk)
"Sweet Alice" was soda jerk slang for a glass of milk. "A glass of milk is just 'Sweet Alice' to him (a soda jerker -- ed.)" was printed in the Miami (FL) Daily News…
JD (chocolate milk)
"J. D." was soda jerk slang for a chocolate milk. The "J. D." comes from American industrialist John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), who was said to have liked to drink chocolate…
Sweet Water Chemist (soda jerk)
"Sweet water chemist" (or "sweet-water chemist") is a fancy name for a "soda jerk(er)." The name became popular when many soda fountains were located in drugstores.…
OJ (orange juice)
"OJ" for "orange juice" is now widely known, but it started as soda jerk slang. "'OJ' is orange juice" was printed in an Associated Press story in February…
Brass Band With a Leader (pork and beans)
"Brass band with a leader" was lunch counter slang for "pork and beans." "Brass band without a leader" was slang for "beans" (without the pork). "For…
Graveyard Stew (milk toast)
"Graveyard stew" is lunch counter slang for "milk toast" -- something easily eaten by someone who is sick (and, possibly, headed for the graveyard). "A graveyard stew means…
“I was massively overcharged for a jelly this morning. It was daylight wobbly”
Jelly (such as Jell-O) wobbles. A joke was posted on Twitter by Pablo Egglescobar on June 11, 2011: "I was overcharged for a jelly this morning. It was daylight wobbly." The joke is that…
“Waiter, how come there are no chairs at our table?”/“I’m sorry, but you only booked one table.”
A booking of a restaurant "table" usually includes the chairs, but there are jokes. "A guest calls the waiter n complains, 'Hw come der r no chairs at our table?!'-The…
Bagel Beach (sidewalk in front of the Stage Delicatessen)
The Stage Delicatessen, on 834 Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets in Manhattan, was opened by Russian immigrant Max Asnas (1898-1968) in 1937. The deli became a favorite with the Broadway…
Delicatessen Drive (Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets)
The Stage Delicatessen, on 834 Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets in Manhattan, was opened by Russian immigrant Max Asnas (1898-1968) in 1937. The deli became a favorite with the Broadway…
Bagel Beach (Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets)
The Stage Delicatessen, on 834 Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets in Manhattan, was opened by Russian immigrant Max Asnas (1898-1968) in 1937. The deli became a favorite with the Broadway…