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December 29, 2025
Food/Drink

“All I want is some cheese and quiet”

"I just want some cheese and quiet" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is just a cheese lover's joke on the phrase "peace and quiet." "Cheese…

May 15, 2017
Food/Drink

“All I want is someone to love me like I love coffee”

"All I want is someone to love me like I love coffee" is a one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on March 2, 2014. Twitter♡ sam…

April 25, 2023
Food/Drink

“All I’m saying is you’ve never seen me crying and drinking coffee at the same time”

"All I'm saying is you've never seen me crying and drinking coffee at the same time" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. The saying (shown on an image) was…

April 25, 2023
Food/Drink

“All I’m saying is you’ve never seen me crying and eating tacos at the same time”

“All I’m saying is you’ve never seen me crying and eating tacos at the same time” is a taco saying that has been printed on many images "YES! Wish I had some tacos right now 🙏 RT…

August 10, 2017
Food/Drink

“All ice dispensers have only two settings: 1.No ice; 2.Holy Mother of God, that’s too much ice!!!”

Many ice dispensers seem to give either no ice or too much ice. "Our ice dispenser has two settings: -No ice -ENOUGH TO SINK THE TITANIC" -- a reference to the RMS Titanic that was sunk…

April 16, 2018
Food/Drink

“All mushrooms are edible, but some mushrooms are only edible once”

"All mushrooms are edible, some only once" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "All mushrooms are edible. Of course there are some you'll…

April 21, 2025
Food/Drink

“All my kids do is just walk around making a mess, looking for food and a charger”

"All my kids do is just walk around making a mess, looking for food and a charger" is a jocular saying by a parent that has been printed on many images. "All my kids do is just walk…

October 4, 2021
Food/Drink

“All my life I have called it a cookie sheet and today I heard someone call it a cooking sheet”

Is it called a cookie sheet or a cooking sheet? "'@abbiemedcalf: Do you say cookie sheet? Or cooking sheet lol' I say cookies? Shit" was posted on Twitter by MilwaukeeMade on…

October 2, 2014
Food/Drink

“All my life I thought air was free…until I bought a bag of chips”

"All my life I thought air was free..until I bought a bag of chips" is a jocular line that has been printed on many posters. "I remember when buying a bag of chips was normal...now a…

September 17, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsFood/Drink

“All of my fitness goals are within reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks”

"All of my fitness goals are within reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "All of my fitness goals are within reach…

September 19, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsFood/Drink

“All of our fitness goals are within reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks”

"All of my fitness goals are within reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "All of my fitness goals are within reach…

September 19, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsFood/Drink

“All of your fitness goals are within your reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks”

"All of my fitness goals are within reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "All of my fitness goals are within reach…

March 6, 2020
Food/Drink

“All parents want is for our kids to go to bed so we can eat the hidden snacks”

"All parents want is for our kids to go to bed so we can watch a show with bad words in it and eat the hidden snacks" is a jocular parenting saying that was posted on Twitter by Simon…

December 22, 2020
Food/Drink

“All porpoise flour is NOT dolphin safe”

"All-purpose flour" (also called "AP flour") can be used for baking many things, although professional bakers usually use other flours. "Purpose" should not be…

April 29, 2018
Food/Drink

“All suspect milk is innocent until proven guilty in a quart of law”

"A court of law" shouldn't be confused with "a quart of law." The western television series The Texan aired the episode "A Quart of Law" on January 12, 1959.…

November 8, 2019
Food/Drink

“All that and a bag of chips” (intensifier of “all that”)

"All that and a bag of chips: Intensifier for 'all that'" was printed in a slang article in The Sun (Baltimore, MD) on August 19, 1991. The term, as stated in the article, is an…

August 30, 2018
Food/Drink

“All that and a plate of fries” (“All that and a plate of chips”)

"All that and a bag of chips: Intensifier for 'all that'" was printed in a slang article in The Sun (Baltimore, MD) on August 19, 1991. The term, as stated in the article, is an…

April 6, 2017
Food/Drink

“All the coffee in Colombia won’t make me a morning person”

"All the coffee in Colombia won't make me a morning person" is a jocular one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "All the coffee in Columbia can't make…

February 11, 2006
Food/Drink

“All the News That’s Fit to Eat” (The Food Section)

Josh Friedland's New York food blog, "The Food Section" (www.thefoodsection.com), began in July 2003. Its slogan was "All the News That's Fit to Eat," a take-off on…

February 18, 2009
Food/Drink

“All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening”

Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) was the drama critic of the New York (NY) Times and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. On a radio show in September 1933, Woollcott mentioned a story about the…

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