Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for June 11, 2024

I didn’t know…

Family Feud invented a successful formula where the smartest players don’t win – the most average ones do. I saw a family win by guessing Einstein to the category “People named Alfred.” (His name was Albert).

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

Should I assume Leonard Cohen sings the show’s theme song?

Trisha Yearwood has a great song named “Everybody Knows.” And it fits the theme of today’s strip.

It’s a well-known fact.

“Everybody Knows” you should get vaccinated.

Everyone knows.

I’ve heard.

People say.

Rumor has it.

I’ve heard these quoted as sources before. Pay attention the next time you hear them.

Sounds like a jb speech where he loses all thought, bumbles around & finally says “You know the thing?”

When did the Republican National Convention turn into a game show?

“Many people are saying” works, too…and several other phrases along those lines.

Everybody knows the tangerine won the election. Everybody knows he hires the best people. Everybody knows the trial were rigged. Everybody knows…

“Everybody knows” automatically casts doubt on what follows, in the same way that “Believe me” and “Trust me” do.

It`s a political game.

Let’s meet our first contestant. Please welcome Rudy Guliani.

Everybody knows Hunter Biden is guilty.

Oh, wait, the jury just said that.

Staring your creator and host, Donald Trump.

“Everybody Knows” the universe is flat, even if it contradicts quantum mechanics and conservation of energy.

This was the original meaning of a “factoid”.