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091714038

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“She’s so stupid, she tried to take a bite out of a school bus and asked where the cream filling was”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: remembers them from school, likely between grades 5-7, New Martinsville,West Virginia

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged fat, school bus, stupid, transportation, Twinkie | Comments Off on 091714038

091714037

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“Your mama’s so stupid, she tried to hang herself with a cordless phone”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: remembers them from school, likely between grades 5-7, New Martinsville, West Virginia

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged cordless phone, hanging, maternal insult, stupid | Comments Off on 091714037

091714036

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“Why don’t you tape that for me, I’ll listen to it at my leisure”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: common comeback

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged comeback, leisure, tape | Comments Off on 091714036

091714035

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“I have a waterbed. My wife calls it the Dead Sea.”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: Milton Berle

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged Dead Sea, self-deprecating, waterbed, wife | Comments Off on 091714035

091714034

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“Your penis is so small, you manipulate it with a cheerio and a pair of tweezers”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: told to him by his friend Ezra in New Albany, Indiana (circa 1996)

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged cereal, Cheerios, penis, penis size, tweezers | Comments Off on 091714034

091714033

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“Not the sharpest knife in the drawer”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged dumb, knife, sharp | Comments Off on 091714033

091714032

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“You’re not the sharpest piece of silverware”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged dumb, sharp, silverware | Comments Off on 091714032

091714031

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“You’re not the sharpest tool in the shed”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged dumb, sharp, shed, tool | Comments Off on 091714031

091714030

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“You’re about as useful as a goat in a cabbage patch”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged cabbage patch, goat, useful, useless | Comments Off on 091714030

091714029

Posted on September 30, 2014 by janksarchive

“He looks like he’s been rode hard and put away wet”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: one of her dad’s sayings (Pittsburgh)

Posted in Pittsburgh Janks | Tagged tired, wet | Comments Off on 091714029

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