“I reckon the inventor of Ovaltine must be a malty millionaire by now”
Horlicks is a British sweet malted milk hot drink powder. Ovaltine is a brand of milk flavoring product made with malt extract. "Malty millionaire" is a pun on…
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Horlicks is a British sweet malted milk hot drink powder. Ovaltine is a brand of milk flavoring product made with malt extract. "Malty millionaire" is a pun on…
A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. It can help people to exercise. The hula hoop is not supposed to fit like a belt -- unless someone is extremely fat.…
A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. It can help people to exercise. The hula hoop is not supposed to fit like a belt -- unless someone is extremely fat.…
Tilda (a brand name since 1970) makes basmati rice that is the top-selling rice in the United Kingdom. "Tilda" sounds like "till the," and there are jokes about this "till…
A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. It can help people to exercise. The hula hoop is not supposed to fit like a belt -- unless someone is extremely fat.…
The 2019-20 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in much talk about a vaccine. Some people mocked "virus" as "wirus," and "vaccine" as "waccine" or…
The 2019-20 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in much talk about a vaccine. Some people mocked "virus" as "wirus," and "vaccine" as "waccine" or…
The 2019-20 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in much talk about a vaccine. Some people mocked "virus" as "wirus," and "vaccine" as "waccine" or…
"Out of stock" means that a business has no more of an item. It shouldn't be confused with the "stock" that is broth (bouillon), but there are jokes. "I went to buy…
"Tonight I'm going to have my favorite drink. It's called 'a lot'" (or "Tonight, I'll be having my favorite drink. It's called a lot") is a…
A "housewarming party" no longer involves making a house warm, but there are jokes. "When I moved into my new igloo my friends threw me a surprise house-warming party. Now I'm…
Entry in progress. -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…
"A midget stumbles out of the bar... He was a little drunk" is a bar joke that was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on November 7, 2020. "A little drunk" usually means "a bit…
"Out of stock" means that a business has no more of an item. It shouldn't be confused with the "stock" that is broth (bouillon), but there are jokes. "I went to buy…
The 2019-20 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in much talk about a vaccine. Some people mocked "virus" as "wirus," and "vaccine" as "waccine" or…
Dominion Voting Systems received much criticism following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, where many people believed that candidate Joe Biden received millions of extra votes. "How can I…
"Tonight I'm going to have my favorite drink. It's called 'a lot'" (or "Tonight, I'll be having my favorite drink. It's called a lot") is a…
Amazon Alexa (a virtual assistant AI technology) has a female voice. "For those of you that don't want Alexa listening in on your conversations, they're making a male version. . . it…
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1943) is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded by Bing Crosby. It referred to soldiers in World War…
Wikipedia: LeekThe leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a…