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The following is an example of a whisper joke in Nazi Germany, parodied from the children's prayer: "Dear God, make me good / so I can go to heaven" (Lieber Gott, mach mich fromm / Daß ich in den Himmel komm), rephrased as "Dear God, make me dumb [3] / so I don't come to Dachau" (Lieber Gott, mach mich stumm / Daß ich nicht nach Dachau kumm). [4]
Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones's locker [2] To drown or otherwise die at sea: Euphemistic: Peregrine Pickle describes Davy Jones as 'the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep'. Go to the big [place] in the sky To die and go to ...
A 2004 study argued that people are more likely to interpret their own actions as more well-intended than the actions of others. [22] Attempts to improve the ethical behaviour of groups are often counterproductive. If legislation is used for such an attempt, people observe the letter of the law rather than
There's nothing better than a corny dad joke to inspire a chuckle or two. But sometimes it's the jokes that border on inappropriate that really bring on the laughs. Because even though you know ...
“Well, they’re my friends, and we like to go on journeys together in my truck” the man replies “I’m sorry sir, but you can’t just own 50 penguins. I’m afraid you’re going to have ...
Stock up on these dad jokes, corny puns and funny knock-knock jokes to use the next time you need a good laugh.
"When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come ...
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