Phrase Examiner Prints

"Remember, there's no 'I' in team." "But what about the 'm' and 'e'?"

'You may now turn over your paper and begin.' - 'Sir!' - 'Yes?' - 'What is it?' - 'I think Train 'A' and Train 'B' might be going to crash!'

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

Garrett knew it was important to jeep his brain from overheating during big tests.

Lion Tamers School - Lion licking his lips examiner marking a fail

"I propose the next person who says 'it is what it is,' we beat the living hell out of him."

'... Going once...going twice...aaaand--sold! To the gentleman in the front row for a thousand words.'

Coffee. The phrase "where everybody knows your name" used to sound warm and friendly. Now, with all our personal information exposed online, it sounds scary!

'Thank you for not guessing.'

It's from the homeowners association --- They want me to stop leaving my worries on the doorstep.

"He'd make a wonderful main character for a short story, but I wouldn't put up with him for an entire novel."

Examiners.

"Office of quality assurance"

"I owe all my success to the psychiatrist who gave me the word GREED as my mantra!"

"Smart Arse"

'Charles Darwin explains how he came up with the phrase 'Well I'll be a monkey's uncle'.'

Lambs to the Slaughter

Interpreter for the hard-to-believe-what-they're-hearing.

'Final exams are easier if you think of them as exit polls.'

Man looking down long telescope at himself.

Could you be a little bit more specific than an 'arm and a leg'?

"Museum of Over-Used Phrases"

Grasslands Preserve. I understand it's difficult to domesticate buffalo. Yes --- they can be seen but not herded.

"I thought SAT was 'Smart Alec Teacher'!"

"It's the best thing since bread torn into little pieces."

'Are you sure brook is misspelled'

'...no you can't phone a friend!'

"You know how I feel about sampling!"

The PENguin... is mightier with the sword

Men, there is no I in team! Seriously. I just got a text from your English professor, so go ahead and fix that in the playbook I handed out. (Pulished originally on March 6, 2010.)

"You've got to admit, he wears the 'that dog won't hunt' label with a lot of class!"

'Everyone says 'business is business' - But has anyone ever checked the math on that?'

Prepare to meet your author today!

Are you familiar with the phrase "demography is destiny"?

'He's just failed my husband. Bring the examiner out here immediately!'