“It all starts innocently, mixing chocolate and Rice Krispies…”
Olaf Falafel, the self-proclaimed "Sweden's eighth funniest comedian," said this line at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016: "It all starts innocently, mixing…
Olaf Falafel, the self-proclaimed "Sweden's eighth funniest comedian," said this line at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016: "It all starts innocently, mixing…
Toast popping up from a toaster can be startling. "It doesn't matter how ready you think you are. The toaster will scare you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The…
"It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. There is clearly room for more wine" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters and…
Skittles, M&Ms, jelly beans and gummy bears come in many different colors. The taste is the same, but many people prefer to know what color they're eating. "I cant eat a m&m…
"It just isn't Christmas unless you push your body to the brink of alcoholism and diabetes" (or "It's not the holiday season unless you push your body to the brink of…
"It may look like I’m having really deep thoughts but 99% of the time I’m just thinking about what food I’m going to eat later" is a jocular one-line food saying that has been…
I don't have a drinking problem, 'cept when I can't get a drink" was written by American singer and songwriter Tom Waits in the song "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart"…
"It takes a lot of beer to make good wine" is a popular saying in California's Napa Valley wine region. After a hot day in the field, workers usually want cold beers. "'It…
Richard Ford's Gatherings from Spain contained a Spanish proverb for salad: "One thing, however, is truly delicious in Spain -- the salad, to compound which, says the Spanish proverb,…
Sausages usually have a casing made from intestine. "Say what you like about butchers, but it takes guts to make sausages" was posted on Twitter by "You can call me Q" on…
"Remember, it takes only one drink to make you drunk. With me, it's the fourth one," syndicated New York entertainment columnist Earl WIlson (1907-1987) wrote in 1962, crediting the…
"It turns out the answer to my problems wasn't at the bottom of this pint of ice cream, but the important thing is that I tried" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…
"It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers," goes an old joke. "Angie (Dickinson -- ed.) said even the wedding cake was in tiers" was cited in a 1973 newspaper.…
"Meaty okra" is a jocular eggcorn for the word "mediocre." "McAdams, meanwhile attributed his mediocre results to eating a plateful of 'meaty okra'" was…
Could it be so cold that people eat frozen food? "Top Ten Signs It's Too Damn Cold (...) 3. President Clinton chipped a tooth on a french fry" was broadcast on the New York…
"Capon" sounds like "cape on." "It's so cold out there today, I saw a chicken with a cape on" is a joke that was printed in a 1976 newspaper. "It was so cold…
Many people drink hot coffee in winter, but suppose that's not hot enough? "I think it is easier to be a bicycle messenger in Buffalo or Boston in wintertime and in addition drink a…
Coffee is usually -- but not always -- served hot. A winter joke is: "It was so cold that Dunkin' Donuts (or Starbucks or a local coffeehouse) was serving coffee on a stick."…
Milk doesn't turn into ice cream when it's cold, but that's an old joke. "It was so cold that when I milked old Betsy I got ice cream," a 1959 newspaper printed. Chocolate…
"It was so windy that when I was walking to the gym, I got blown into the wine store" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "It was so windy that when I…