More X happens

Chick Happens and Lit Happens, here. And now, from the pets department at CafePress:

(This, from Anabellstar Designs!, is just one of several designs for Sit Happens available from the company.)

Meanwhile, for more shit allusion/avoidance, see Mark Liberman’s recent discussion of Satan sandwich in the political news.

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Ben Zimmer Says:
August 5, 2011 at 7:37 am | Reply
Also be sure to check out Nancy Friedman’s 2010 post, “Snowclones happen,” which covers several more variants (Shift Happens, Cheat Happens, Love Happens, Knit Happens, Compost Happens, Disability Happens, etc.).

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- arnold zwicky Says:
  August 5, 2011 at 4:17 pm | Reply
  Thanks for the link. Nancy’s piece also has examples of GenX so — not really a snowclone, but worth noting.
  
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August 19, 2011 at 9:44 am | Reply
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