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A barbecue joke was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on August 23, 2021: "Despite zero experience, I’m opening a BBQ restaurant next to the courthouse. It’ll be Trial by Fire."…
The comic superhero Spider-Man shoots spider webs all over New York City, but who cleans them up? "Who cleans up the webs that Spider-Man leaves behind in the streets of New York?…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
Scallops have been called the "tater tots of the ocean/sea" because of their appearance. "Scallops. Tater-tots of the sea" was posted on the newsgroup rec.music.makers.guitar on…
Rising Apple is a blog about the New York Mets baseball team that was started in 2011. It is part of the Fansided series of sports blogs. The name "Rising Apple" is from the New York…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
Scallops have been called the "tater tots of the ocean/sea" because of their appearance. "Scallops. Tater-tots of the sea" was posted on the newsgroup rec.music.makers.guitar on…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
Slim Jim has been compared to pepperoni. "slimjims are little meat sticks that taste like pepperoni yum... — yum" was posted on Twitter by maddi on February 2, 2013. "just watched…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
"Support our/the troops. Bring them home" is an anti-war saying that has been printed on many images. Anti-war protesters are sometimes said to be anti-troops, but this protest message…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
"Support our/the troops. Bring them home" is an anti-war saying that has been printed on many images. Anti-war protesters are sometimes said to be anti-troops, but this protest message…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
Twizzlers have been compared to beef jerky and to Slim Jim (an American snack brand). "Twizzlers are along the same line as such things as beef jerky; it's delicious and disgusting at the…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded in 1944-1945 and seeks to foster international development and sound monetary currencies. Some critics have given the IMF the nickname…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A mute version is: "Two mutes walk into a bar. One says to the other..." The…
Horseradish is often compared to wasabi. Wasabi was called "Japanese horseradish" in 1903 by American botanist and plant explorer David Fairchild (1869-1954). "An Expert Describes…