“At the stroke of midnight, Neil wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired”

Food doesn’t suddenly go bad at the exact second of the printed expiration date, but there are jokes. This was posted on Twitter by blake on June 1, 2012:
   
“At the stroke of midnight, Neil wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired.”
 
“Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?” is an earlier joke about sour cream.
 
     
Twitter
blake
@Leemanish
At the stroke of midnight, Neil wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired.
12:31 PM · Jun 1, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Steffani Cameron, Snowflake
@SnarkySteff
Replying to @Leemanish
A modern tragedy. RT @Leemanish At the stroke of midnight, Neil wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired.
7:35 PM · Jun 3, 2012·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
WaltGates
@waltgates
”@Leemanish: At the stroke of midnight, Neil wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired.” Now *that’s* funny!
10:30 PM · Jun 3, 2012·Twitter for Android
 
Google Books
5,000 Sidesplitting Jokes and One-Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing
2013
Pg. ?:
At the stroke of midnight, Neil wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired.
   
Twitter
Real Mens Wallets
@realmenswallets
At the stroke of midnight, Kevin wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired
9:30 AM · Feb 17, 2019·Buffer
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/labink March 1, 2020
At midnight, Joe wept softly, cradling the sour cream as it expired.