Almond Boneless Chicken (ABC)
Almond Boneless Chicken (often called "ABC") is a Chinese dish that is popular in Detroit, Michigan. In other cities, it's called, in its various spellings, "war/wor…
Archive for 10/2018
“The worst pub I’ve ever been to was called The Fiddle. It really was a vile inn”
"Violin" sounds like "vile inn." A pun was printed in the Cadiz (OH) Sentinel on March 29, 1865: "Why is a badly conducted hotel like a fiddle? Because it's a vile…
“Statisticians love large sample sizes. As they say, the n’s justify the means”
The proverb "the ends justify the means" sometimes is told in the statistics joke "the Ns justify the means." "When do the ns justify the means? Clinical biostatistics gone…
Ya-ka-mein
"Ya-ka-mein" (there are many spellings) is a Chinese dish of noodle soup. Other ingredients are often added, such as beef. "Yei go main" was cited in the New York (NY) World on…
“Watermelons are more than 90% water. To be safe, I’m never eating a kumquat again”
Watermelons are mostly water. Kumquats are mostly...? "Just found out that watermelons are 92% water. On an unrelated note, I’m never eating a kumquat again..." was posted on Twitter by…
Yaka Mein
"Ya-ka-mein" (there are many spellings) is a Chinese dish of noodle soup. Other ingredients are often added, such as beef. "Yei go main" was cited in the New York (NY) World on…
Steak de Burgo
Steak de Burgo is a steak dish popular in Des Moines, Iowa. It was invented (or popularized) by John Compiano (1920-1984), who served it at his Johnny and Kay's night club that opened in 1946.…
“If you steal things from bartenders, you’ll end up behind bars”
A bar joke was posted on Reddit -- Oneliners on September 30, 2018: "If you steal things from bartenders, you'll end up behind bars." "Behind bars" -- when it is not…
“How did Wendy die?”/“The Baconator.”
Wendy's fast food restaurants, since April 2007, has offered a hamburger with bacon called "The Baconator." "Baconator" sounds like "bacon ate her" --…