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January 1, 2018
Food/Drink

“‘Wow, the Lean Cuisine really filled me up!’ said no one ever”

"'Wow, the Lean Cuisine really filled me up!' said no one ever" is a jocular line that has been printed on several images. "Damn that lean cuisine filled me up!…

June 14, 2020
Food/Drink

“‘You are what you eat.’ I don’t remember eating a big disappointment”

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…

June 14, 2020
Food/Drink

“‘You are what you eat.’ I don’t remember eating a disappointment”

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…

June 14, 2020
Food/Drink

“‘You are what you eat.’ I don’t remember eating a huge disappointment”

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…

September 5, 2020
Food/Drink

“‘You are what you eat.’ I don’t remember eating a massive disappointment”

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…

July 26, 2023
Food/Drink

“‘Yum, kipper!’—a Jewish man enjoying his breakfast on the Day of Atonement”

Yom Kippur (the Jewish Day of Atonement) shouldn't be confused with kipper (a fish that is often eaten for breakfast), but there are jokes. "Celebrating this Jewish holiday with a fish…

March 16, 2009
Food/Drink

“(I will gladly pay you Tuesday for) A hamburger today”

"I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" was spoken by the comic character J. Wellington Wimpy in E. C. Segar's 1930s comic strip "Thimble Theatre," featuring…

March 5, 2009
Food/Drink

“(Not for) All the tea in China”

"All the tea in China" means a great amount; the Chinese grow and consume large amounts of tea. "Not for all the tea in China" means that someone won't do something, even…

January 4, 2025
Food/Drink

“[Inventor of cage-free eggs] Why are these eggs in these cages?”

"Cage-free eggs" usually means that the eggs rae from birds that may be permitted outdoors. The term does not mean that the eggs are free from being kept in cages, but there is a joke.…

August 8, 2023
Food/Drink

“*drinks water with lemon* This is going to fix everything”

"*drinks water with lemon* This is going to fix everything" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The lemon slice/wedge that is added to water in some restaurants does…

January 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“*Inventing celery* Damn I wish I could bite water with hair in it”

Celery, to many people, tastes like water with strings in it. "*Inventing celery* Damn I wish I could bite water with hair in it" was posted on Twitter by Knives McGee on December 6,…

December 3, 2024
Food/Drink

“*seductively dabs eggnog behind ears*”

Who needs perfume? "Seductively dabs Cheeto's dust behind my ears while making eye contact" was posted on X/Twitter by Kayton Kimberly on September 17, 2017. "*seductively dabs…

December 3, 2024
Food/Drink

“*seductively dabs gravy behind my ears*”

Who needs perfume? "Seductively dabs Cheeto's dust behind my ears while making eye contact" was posted on X/Twitter by Kayton Kimberly on September 17, 2017. "*seductively dabs…

February 4, 2018
Food/Drink

“2 stages of my life: I should eat & I shouldn’t have eaten that much”

Two stages of thinking about food defines one's life, at least according to a post on Twitter by Sarcasm Society‏ on June 29, 2016: "2 stages of my life :1) I should eat.2) I…

February 15, 2025
Food/Drink

“2:00pm: Gonna save the other half of this sandwich for later. 2:06pm: Time to finish that sandwich”

A sandwich is often cut in half, and people have several feelings about the second half of the sandwich. "The Second half of a sandwich is always the best piece" was posted on X/Twitter…

April 7, 2020
Food/Drink

“2020 has shown me you don’t need fun to have alcohol”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to many people quarantining at home. Liquor stores were left open, and many people drank. "Quarantine has shown me that you really don’t need fun to…

August 2, 2013
Food/Drink

“24 hours from vine to brine” (pickling adage)

Cucumbers must be fresh -- no more than a day from when cut from the vine -- in order to make the best pickles. The old rule is, "24 hours from vine to brine." "Twenty-four hours…

July 6, 2012
Food/Drink

“24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.” (Newman Day)

"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." This line has often been attributed to the comedian Steven Wright, but it's uncertain when (or if) he used it in a…

January 28, 2022
Food/Drink

“3 generations ago, organic food was just called ‘food’”

"3 generations ago, organic food was just called 'food'" was posted on Twitter by MODERN MAN on January 20, 2022. V“Try Organic Food…or as your grandparents called it,…

June 27, 2017
Food/Drink

“6 was afraid of 7 because 7, 8, 9, but why did 7 eat 9?” (joke)

“Why is 6 afraid of 7?"/"Because 7 8 9" is a classic joke. A new riddle was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on June 26, 2017: Q: 6 was afraid of 7 because 7, 8, 9, but why did 7 eat 9?A:…

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