French:
English: Your mama is so ugly, she has to wear makeup to go on the radio.
collected: Astoria, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: heard it from the movie “Down to Earth” with Chris Rock. He is from Paris, and originally heard this joke in French.
Category Archives: Queens Janks
042816003
English: The best part of you dripped down your mother’s leg
collected: Astoria, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: heard it (read it) while playing World of Warcraft – one player typed it to another in Battlegrounds. He also remembers hearing it from a friend in Junior High in Jackson Heights, Queens.
042816002
English: Everyday the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom must drop out
collected: Astoria, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: an old proverb her grandmother used to say to her growing up in Guyana, which means: every day one keeps on doing wrong in secret, one day the truth will be revealed
042816001
English: You’d lose your head if it wasn’t screwed on
collected: Astoria, Queens (04-28-2016)
origin: told to him by his wife (who is originally from Boston) because he’s so disorganized.
032716001
English: You’ve got one foot in the grave, and the other on a banana peel
collected: Ridgewood, Queens (03-27-2016)
origin: He heard it in North Carolina, from a contractor who was talking about a friend who was old and really clumsy and careless. Meaning you’re on the verge of death at any moment. Such an understated, witty quip combined with a slapstick visual component is common to North Carolina humor.