Sentences with phrase «old joke about»

Mrs. U, you would get hired as a housekeeper in a second ~ remember the old joke about the housekeeper saying, «I don't do windows!»

(See previous letters to Hon. Paul Martin and don't forget the old joke about «I'm from the government and I'm here to help.»)

There's an old joke about maids who «don't do windows,» but you don't have that option if your windows are in need of a good washing.

There's an old joke about a woman who gets down on her knees one night and prays to God to let her win the lottery.

The old joke about Porsche cars is that they tend to look exactly like the previous model, but the same accusation can't be levelled here.

What's the old joke about Washington, D.C.?

There's the old joke about how you recognize an intellectual: it's someone who can hear Rossini's William Tell Overture without thinking about the Lone Ranger.

The logic behind (Arctic decrease + Antarctic increase) = no change / problem reminds me of the old joke about a recent statistic survey showing that the average person has one breast and one testicle....

The focus of the warming crowd on land temps reminds of me of the old joke about the drunk searching for his car keys under the street lamp, even though he lost them a block away.

It's reminiscent of the old joke about a physicist analyzing bovine behavior by starting with a simple model: «Assume a spherical cow.»

This sounds a bit like the old joke about scientists — they get more and more knowledgeable about a smaller and smaller field until they know everything about nothing.

By Chris Horner, ATI Michael Mann made his way back to the Commonwealth of Virginia yesterday to watch his U.S. lawyer reprise the dark conspiracy theories previously weaved throughout his Canadian lawsuit against Tim Ball for repeating the old joke about «belong [ing] in the State Pen, not Penn State».

I'm reminded of the old joke about the man falling off the Empire State Building who as he passes the 30th floor says «so far so good.»

It is a little like Samuel Johnson's old joke about a dog walking on its hind legs.

All the same, there are events so incredulous that one is reminded of the old joke about the guy who was so open - minded his brains fell out.

Passing feel - good laws is akin to the old joke about the tavern drunk who was looking for his lost keys under the streetlight, rather than down the block where he actually lost them — because, he said, «the light was better.»

When it comes to training, that old joke about voting can be applied: train early and train often.

Savings account interest rates have been low for so long that they have become a little like the old joke about the weather — everyone complains but no one does anything about it.

It sounds like the old joke about lengthening a blanket by cutting a piece off one end and sewing it onto the other.

There's an old joke about a visitor to Lake Louise who quipped, «Sure, it's beautiful.

There's an old joke about the first web bubble and the death of the business method patent.

He even manages to make funny the old joke about the good news being that the boat is sinking and everyone will die.

Sportello may be an easy mark, but inside his ludicrousness there's a reminder of the old joke about never playing poker with a guy named Doc.

The old joke about cable TV providing «52 channels and there's nothing on» has been replaced with «5,000,000 movies and nothing I want to watch.»

Alverson and Turkington's film is soaked in the kind of flop sweat that leaves a residue — it's like that old joke about Pagliacci told by David Lynch.

they can not find it...... the old joke about me really being dead... is beginning to wear a little thin.....

He compares it to an old joke about a communist bureaucracy: The leaders wanted drivers to switch from the left side of the road to the right, «but because this was a very complicated and delicate matter, they would begin on Monday with only party members switching sides, and everyone else would drive as before.

It's like that old joke about the guy who hunts for his keys under the lamppost because that's where the light is.

Even as most of them shy from actually endorsing the Governor for a second term, the public - employee unions» attitude toward him evokes the old joke about a less - than - honest roulette game: it may be a crooked wheel, but it's the only wheel in town.

The quarter century old joke about Republicans being the Stupid Party and Democrats the Evil Party suggests the opposite view.

The gubernatorial horse race polls are starting to remind me of that old joke about the weather: Just wait a day, and they'll change.

You know the old joke about how babies care more about the wrapping paper and the bows than the actual present?

«When it comes to managers, it's a reversal of that old joke about children and farts - it's just our own that we can't stand.»

There is an old joke about two hunters being attacked by a bear where one stops to put on his running shoes.

Remember the old joke about the Lacoste shirt?

The old joke about being proud of one's humility is really no joke.

You remind me of the old joke about the Catholic and the Baptist disputing which religion was the most disgusting.

The sheer comprehensiveness of his political error recalls the old joke about the bigot who denies any specific form of racial or ethnic bias.

I would share an old joke about most of the abuse being initiated by the women (they just WILL NOT SHUT UP!)

It's exactly like the old joke about the guy who is searching for his lost keys under the nearest street lamp: not because that's where he thinks he lost them but because the light is so much better there.

(It's like the old joke about how a mule is what you get when you try to design a horse by committee.)

It's like that old joke about outrunning the bear, or else that Henny Youngman line where he's asked how his wife is and replies, «Compared to what?»

Just like the old joke about how to get to Carnegie Hall, practice and hard work are important.

For all the old jokes about one - button mice and simplicity, Macs have some power - user features Windows just doesn't offer.

Not exact matches

It's a hoary old stereotype that women take longer to get ready than men, but there are several reasons it might be true that have nothing to do with outmoded jokes about complicated hair care or excessive vanity.

Once I learned all about the business side of things, the pair (who, by the way, have inside jokes and act like old friends), told me they were going to Google the next day to do a live Hangout video chat with the tech blog Mashable.

There's an old joke in here about statistics, but I'm not going to be the one to resurrect it.

When I think about clubs, I'm always reminded of that old joke (originally attributed to comedian Groucho Marx) about not...

Ever heard that joke about how if you are young and you aren't a democrat, you have no heart, but if you are old and you aren't a republican, you have no brain?

The men said that Roman always dreamt of being a pilot and that they would sometimes joke about how old the planes were that he flew.