“What musical instrument goes with cheese?”/“Picklelo.”
A piccolo (a musical instrument) doesn't contain any pickles, but there's a riddle: Q: What musical instrument goes with cheese?A: Picklelo. The piccolo pickle pun -- with cheese -- has…
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“When doesn’t a telephone work underwater?”/“When it’s wringing wet.”
Cell phones often don't work when they get wet. A telephone riddle is: Q: When doesn't a telephone work underwater?A: When it's wringing wet. The…
“Eagles don’t take flight lessons from chickens”
"Eagles don't take flight lessons from chickens" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Eagles DO NOT Take Flight Lessons From Chickens" was posted…
“Gym hair, don’t care”
"Gym hair, don't care" is a jocular gym saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that one's "gym hair" might be all over the place, but the…
“If you somehow choke to death on an ice cube, nobody would know how you died”
"Has anyone ever choked to death on an ice cube? If so, did it confuse the fuck out of the coroner?" was asked on Reddit -- AskReddit on December 20, 2010. "Is it possible to die…
“Tremendously Grateful It’s Friday” (TGIF)
"TGIF" usually stands for "Thank God It's Friday," but sometimes -- perhaps to remove "God" from the saying -- it stands for "Tremendously Grateful It's…
“What musical instrument goes with cheese?”/“Picklelo.”
A piccolo (a musical instrument) doesn't contain any pickles, but there's a riddle: Q: What musical instrument goes with cheese?A: Picklelo. The piccolo pickle pun -- with cheese -- has…
“The sign said, ‘Employees must wash hands.’ I waited, but I finally washed them myself”
"Employees Must Wash Hands" is a sign posted in many restaurant bathrooms. A joke was printed in New York magazine on June 12, 1989: "IN THE LADIES' ROOM OF A Greenwich Village…
“These so-called speed bumps are a joke. If anything, they slow you down”
A "speed bump" is to slow a vehicle's speed, not give give a "bump" to increase a vehicle's speed. A joke was printed in Viz Magazine (UK) in 1999: "These…
“Which ghost ate too much porridge?”/“Ghouldilocks.”
The story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is often given the pun "Ghouldilocks" (ghoul + Goldilocks) in Halloween jokes. A riddle has been cited in print since at least 2001…
Washington, DC: District of Corruption (nickname)
The United States capital of Washington, District of Columbia ("DC"), has been nicknamed the "District of Corruption" since at least 1951. The "District of Corruption"…
Washington, DC: District of Confusion (nickname)
The United States capital of Washington, District of Columbia ("DC"), has been nicknamed the "District of Confusion" since at least 1943. The "District of Confusion"…
Washington, DC: “Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm”
William Manchester's book, Portrait of a President: John F. Kennedy in profile (1962), includes a famous line: "'Washington,' John Kennedy once said lightly, 'is a city of…
Washington, DC: Capitol Hill (nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in…
Washington, DC: District of Criminals (nickname)
The United States capital of Washington, District of Columbia ("DC"), has been nicknamed the "District of Criminals" since at least 1992. The "criminals" term usually…
Washington, DC: Hot Tub (nickname)
M. Stanton Evans wrote in the late 1980s about the Reagan Republicans who came to Washington: "Most conservatives know when they come to Washington that it is a sewer; the trouble is, too many…
Washington, DC: Wall Street-Washington Corridor
The term "Wall Street-Washington Corridor" was popularized by the economist Simon Johnson, who used the name in the article "The Quiet Coup" in the May 2009 Atlantic magazine…
Washington, DC: District of Cunts (nickname)
The United States capital of Washington, District of Columbia ("DC"), has been nicknamed the "District of Cunts" since at least 2009. The nickname was popularized on the…
Washington, DC: City of Magnificent Distances (nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply…
Washington, DC: “What do the Metro system and the Little Mermaid have in common?” (joke)
The Washington (DC) Metro -- a transportation system comparable to New York City's subway -- runs "under D.C." In the popular Disney animated film The Little Mermaid (1989), the…