I made up some idioms, typed them into Google search, and it turns out they’re meaningful!
That second one below is really something. Good old AI.
AI Overview: The statement “you can’t fry a pineapple with a toothbrush” is a bit of a riddle or humorous statement. It’s not about literal frying or toothbrushes, but about the idea that something is illogical or impossible. The real meaning is that trying to use a toothbrush to fry a pineapple is a silly and absurd idea.
Here’s a breakdown of the meaning:
“You can’t…”: This phrase implies a prohibition or impossibility.
“fry a pineapple”: This suggests a cooking process, which is not what you would normally do with a pineapple or toothbrush.
“with a toothbrush”: This highlights the unusual and illogical tool being used for the task.
Therefore, the statement highlights the absurdity of trying to use a toothbrush in a cooking context, which is the kind of thing that makes someone think the statement is funny or illogical.
The statement “it takes a lamb to win a trophy” is likely a reference to the horse race Tennessee Lamb, which won the Ben Ali (G3) race on April 19, 2025, according to a YouTube video about the race. The horse’s name “Tennessee Lamb” is a play on words, as it sounds similar to “ten to win”, which is a phrase used in horse racing to describe a favorite horse with good odds.
I just tried “you can lead a horse to Jupiter but you can’t make him a potato”.
The saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink” is often used to illustrate that while you can guide or encourage someone to take action, you can’t force them to do it. This phrase emphasizes that people have free will and the final decision to act rests with them. The saying “You can lead a horse to Jupiter, but you can’t make him a potato” is a playful and nonsensical variation that highlights the same concept. It’s a humorous way of emphasizing the idea that you can’t force someone to become something they’re not or to do something they don’t want to do.
oh, so you’ve figured out how to get it to do that consistently. I’ve only had it happen occasionally. I learned to not trust it, of course.
At least they used to say “is not a common statement, but likely…” I wonder what happened. Hopefully they’re still tweaking it, as this is rather fun and possibly useful.
While I refuse to get into yet another argument here about how “stupid” AI is, I will just say one word that everyone should keep in mind: “utility”. GPT, for an example, is extremely useful for turning vague questions into well-informed responses from its enormous corpus of data about the human experience. That’s just a fact. It may be wrong some of the time, but so are we all.
