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June 22, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you hold a Margarita glass to your ear, you can hear the weekend”

"If you hold a glass of beer to your ear, you can hear the weekend" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "If you listen really carefully when you hold a beer can…

April 11, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you keep a beer in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, people tried to avoid accidentally touching their face. "You know, if you keep a pie in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face" was…

April 11, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you keep a drink in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, people tried to avoid accidentally touching their face. "You know, if you keep a pie in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face" was…

April 11, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, people tried to avoid accidentally touching their face. "You know, if you keep a pie in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face" was…

April 11, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you keep a pie in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face”

During the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, people tried to avoid accidentally touching their face. "You know, if you keep a pie in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face" was…

December 22, 2025
Food/Drink

“If you know how many calories are in your cinnamon bun, you’re eating it wrong”

Some people believe that the correct way to eat a cinnamon bun is not to think about the calories. This was posted on X/Twitter by bubble girl on March 13, 2015: "If you know how many calories…

June 28, 2018
Food/Drink

“If you leave alphabet soup on the stove and go out, it could spell disaster”

Can cooking alphabet soup spell trouble? "If you leave alphabet soup on the stove and go out, it could spell disaster. (Pun of the Day)" was posted on the newsgroup Google Groups:…

January 27, 2022
Food/Drink

“If you let a grilled cheese get cold, it becomes chilled grease”

"Grilled cheese" has a spoonerism in "chilled grease." "JUST before Sunday supper, a Des Moines man asked his daughter if she would like a chilled grease sandwich" was…

March 13, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you like pinochle otters…” (The Piña Colada Song mondegreen)

"Do/If you like pinochle otters" is a mondegreen (misheard lyric) of "If you like piña coladas" in "The Piña Colada Song" (1979). Pinochle otters have been shown on…

March 26, 2025
Food/Drink

“If you love milk chocolate, but don’t like dark chocolate, you actually like sugar more than chocolate”

Entry in progress -- BP X/Twitter reddit bot @thejerrys_bot If you love milk chocolate, but don’t like dark chocolate, you actually like sugar more than chocolate. 9:35 PM · May 22, 2019

May 21, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you love somebody, let them go. If they come back with coffee, it was meant to be”

"If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it is yours. If it doesn't, it was never yours to begin with" is a modern proverb. "If you love somebody, let them…

May 21, 2020
Food/Drink

“If you love somebody, let them go. If they come back with tacos, it was meant to be”

"If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it is yours. If it doesn't, it was never yours to begin with" is a modern proverb. "If you love somebody, let them…

December 3, 2021
Food/Drink

“If you make a salad dressing but don’t like it, you have vineregret”

"Vinaigrette" dressing is a somewhat confusing word. It is not "vineregret" (vine regret) -- except in jokes. "No wonder this salad was terrible... I used vineregret…

December 8, 2021
Food/Drink

“If you make home fries whilst not at home, are they away fries?”

"Home fries" is a popular breakfast dish of fried potatoes, cut in chunks or wedges and usually served with onions. You can get "home fries" at restaurants (outside the home),…

June 12, 2017
Food/Drink

“If you mix butter and flour, you’ll roux the day”

"Roux" (a mixture of flour and fat) has resulted in many "roux the day" (roux + rue the day) puns. "Roux the day" has been cited in print since at least 1989, when it…

May 26, 2022
Food/Drink

“If you mix garlic with a hallucinogenic, you’d get an Allicin Wonderland”

Allicin is an organosulfur compound obtained from garlic. "Allicin Wonderland" is an obvious pun on Alice in Wonderland. "The body is, in fact, a veritable allicin wonderland"…

May 24, 2021
Food/Drink

“If you mix sodium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur together, what do you get? NaCHOS!”

Nachos are sometimes described by the elements Sodium (Na), Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O), with Sulfur (S). "What do you get when you combine sodium (Na), carbon (C), hydrogen (H),…

May 17, 2021
Food/Drink

“If you needed a reason to unfriend me, I like pineapple on pizza”

Many people have strong feelings about pineapple as a pizza topping. "The only acceptable reason to unfriend someone is if they like pineapple pizza" was posted on Twitter by MicDre on…

April 25, 2024
Food/Drink

“If you open a bag of Sun Chips at night, do they technically become Moon Chips?”

There are Sun Chips, but no Moon Chips. "Note to self: Sun Chips big hit. Action item: invent Moon Chips" was posted on X/Twitter by Jason K on May 11, 2009. "If you open a bag of…

December 10, 2022
Food/Drink

“If you peel the sticker off a banana & put it on your shirt you get to be the Mayor of Bananatown”

A banana sticker (such as "Chiquita") is often found on the banana peel. Many people remove this sticker, despite the fact that the banana peel is not eaten. Then, they (especially young…

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