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"It's so cold I saw a lawyer/politician with his hands in his own pockets!" is a joke that's frequently credited to comedians Johnny Carson (1925-2005) and Fred Allen…
"Don't stand outside and be miserable -- come inside and be/get fed up!" is a one-line food joke that appeared in restaurant windows across the country by 1965. The joke is of…
"Eat now, pay later" is standard procedure at many restaurants. In Glendale (MO) in 1964, a restaurant sign was: "Eat Now Pay Waiter." The one-liner still appears in some…
"Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants" is a saying that has appeared on internet joke lists and on T-shirts. The saying is of unknown origin…
"Politics ain't beanbag" is the famous statement of Mr. Dooley, an Irish-American character of writer Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936). In an 1895 newspaper column, the full quote was:…
"What goes around, comes around" is a way of saying: "OK, you got me this time, but you'll get yours (payback) the next time." The phrase has been used in song titles by…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Goode Company Seafood (Houston, TX)Campechana De Mariscos (Mexican Seafood Cocktails)Shrimp...10.95Crab...10.95Campechana Extra Shrimp & Crab)...11.95 19 August 1963,…
There are Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible. but people often add others, usually in jest. A popular Eleventh Commandment in the early 1800s was "Mind your business." A political…
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter" is often said to have been spoken by Winston Churchill (1874-1965), but there is no record that he ever…
Committee decision-making has been criticized for producing ugly, generic results. "A camel is a horse designed/planned by a committee" is a phrase of unknown authorship that became…
"Don't vote -- it only encourages them" is a joke that television comedian Jack Paar told in May 1966. During the presidential election year of 1976, the saying was put on buttons…
"As goes Maine, so goes the nation" usually means that the winner of Maine's presidential vote will win the presidential election. This was not the original form of the phrase, nor…
"Right down Broadway" was a baseball expression of announcer Arch McDonald (1901-1960), meaning a strike pitch right down the middle of the plate. Broadway, from the foot of Manhattan to…
A "nutcracker" is a drink of fruit punch and alcohol; a "nemo" (after the 2003 film Finding Nemo) is a frozen nutcracker. The New York (NY) Daily News wrote about the drinks on…
"Nothing sacred but the truth" is the slogan of the New York Observer, a weekly newspaper first published in 1987. The slogan has not been trademarked. The phrase "Nothing sacred but…
Ed Koch, the mayor of New York City from 1978-1989, referred to himself as a "liberal with sanity." Koch meant that he was not a radical liberal or a "loony liberal," although…
"New York is the city where the future comes to rehearse" is what New York City Mayor Ed Koch said at his third inaugural address on January 1, 1986. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Environmentalists are sometimes called by the slang name "watermelon" for being green on the outside and red (communist or anti-capitalist) on the inside. The term "watermelon"…
"Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line" has been a political saying since 2003. In 1999-2000, many people commented that Al Gore (the vice president and Democrat presidential…
"Heck of a job!" ("Heckuva job!") usually had been a compliment by a speaker to someone who worked a tough job under difficult circumstances. On September 2, 2005, U.S.…