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September 23, 2016
Food/Drink

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian”

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian" is a saying that has been printed on many images. It is usually credited to English singer-songwriter (and vegetarian…

July 28, 2016
Food/Drink

“If smoking is so bad for you, how come it cures salmon?”

"If smoking is so bad for you, how come it cures salmon?" is a funny one-line saying. The joke was printed in "Your Morning Smile" in The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario) on…

May 6, 2018
Food/Drink

“If someone has a pasta fetish, do they call it fetishinni?”

Fettuccine (a type of pasta) isn't composed of fetishes, but there are jokes. "Fetishini Alfredo #failedmenuitems" was posted on Twitter by VCTF on November 17, 2010. "Do…

April 10, 2017
Food/Drink

“If someone tells you that you drink too much coffee, stop talking to them…”

"If anybody/anyone/somebody/someone tells you that you drink too much coffee, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life" is a jocular coffee saying…

May 7, 2017
Food/Drink

“If tea leaves, does coffee have grounds for divorce?”

A joke has tea and coffee married: "If the tea leaves, does it give the coffee grounds for divorce?" The tea and coffee puns were cited in several newspapers in 1911. 26 May 1911, New…

May 1, 2025
Food/Drink

“If the early bird gets the worm, can I sleep in and get some bacon?”

“The early bird gets the worm” is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century. It means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. Many people like bacon for…

April 1, 2019
Food/Drink

“If the front of your shirt isn’t wet, did you ever really wash the dishes?”

Is it possible to wash dishes and still have a dry shirt? Many people don't think so. "If the front of your shirt isn't wet, did you ever really wash the dishes?" was posted on…

August 11, 2021
Food/Drink

“If the mayo can go bad, it will go bad. Murphy’s Slaw”

"Murphy's law ("Anything that can go wrong will go wrong") shouldn't be confused with Murphy's slaw (cole slaw), but there are jokes. "RT @awryone If the mayo can…

April 30, 2017
Food/Drink

“If the ocean was whiskey and i was a duck…”

A verse has been printed on several images: "If the ocean was vodka and I was a duck,I'd swim to the bottom and never come up.But the ocean's not vodka and I'm not a duck,So…

June 18, 2018
Food/Drink

“If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are”

"If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good (of) a cook you are" is a saying that has been printed on many images. American author, entrepreneur and public speaker Tim Ferriss…

April 30, 2022
Food/Drink

“If there are jelly beans, why aren’t there peanut butter beans?”

There are jellybeans, but no peanut butter beans. "I like jelly beans, but infinitely better would be peanut butter beans" was posted on Twitter by Ben Cobb on April 4, 2011. "Ok I…

February 20, 2021
Food/Drink

“If there is coconut milk, there is coconut cheese”

There is coconut milk, so many people believe that there should be coconut cheese. "I'd probably be down to just coconut milk - can you make coconut cheese?!" was posted on Twitter…

March 10, 2024
Food/Drink

“If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 999”

"If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911" was posted on Facebook by Katy Haseley to the group Home Groan Puns on January 30, 2024. This is a pun on "call 911," the…

September 29, 2022
Food/Drink

“If there’s watermelon, shouldn’t there be earthmelon, firemelon, and airmelon? The elemelons”

Watermelon exists, so many people think there should be firemelon, earthmelon and airmelon (water-fire-earth-air + melon), all called the "elemelons" (elements + melons). "The…

March 9, 2024
Food/Drink

“If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911”

"If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911" was posted on Facebook by Katy Haseley to the group Home Groan Puns on January 30, 2024. This is a pun on "call 911," the…

October 12, 2021
Food/Drink

“If they don’t have alcohol at my funeral, I’m not going”

"If they don't have alcohol/beer/liquor at my funeral, I'm not going" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "If there isn’t beer at my funeral I’m…

October 11, 2021
Food/Drink

“If they don’t have liquor at my funeral, I’m not going”

"If they don't have alcohol/beer/liquor at my funeral, I'm not going" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "If there isn’t beer at my funeral I’m…

October 12, 2021
Food/Drink

“If they don’t have party favors & alcohol at my funeral, I’m not going”

"If they don't have alcohol/beer/liquor at my funeral, I'm not going" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "If there isn’t beer at my funeral I’m…

November 13, 2022
Food/Drink

“If they tell you to bring ice, you can’t cook”

"If they tell/told you to bring ice, you can't cook" is a saying that has been printed on many images. “If they tell you to just bring cups, plates and ice for Thanksgiving, your…

November 13, 2022
Food/Drink

“If they tell you to just bring cups, plates and ice for Thanksgiving, your cooking sucks”

"If they tell/told you to bring ice, you can't cook" is a saying that has been printed on many images. “If they tell you to just bring cups, plates and ice for Thanksgiving, your…

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