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February 25, 2024
Food/Drink

“Someone deffo farts in packets of ham before they are sealed”

Packets of ham have a certain smell, and some people believe that farts are added before a package is sealed. "It must be the weirdest job in the world putting farts in packets of ham #random…

September 22, 2025
Food/Drink

“Someone has to explain Bloody Mary drinks to me. Y’all like drinking spaghetti sauce with vodka?”

A Bloody Mary cocktail is made with vodka and tomato juice -- not spaghetti sauce -- but there are jokes. "A Bloody Mary is basically drinking spaghetti sauce mixed with vodka" was posted…

March 23, 2020
Food/Drink

“Someone keeps putting vegetables in the beer crisper”

"Someone keeps putting vegetables in my/the beer crisper" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Urban Dictionarybeer crisperthe bottom drawer in a refrigerator used as the…

July 21, 2026
Food/Drink

“Someone killed my lentils. I couldn’t find a pulse”

A "pulse" can mean a palpable beat of an artery, and a "pulse" can also mean an edible seed of the legume family. A joke confuses the two meanings. "*working in…

November 2, 2025
Food/Drink

“Someone knocked me over with a bottle of sparkling wine. They were using Brut force”

"Brut" (very dry, said of wine) shouldn't be confused with "brute," but there are jokes. "Brut force" is a pun on "brute force." "I knocked a guy…

November 4, 2020
Food/Drink

“Someone offered me a nice cup of green tea. So naturally I said yes, matcha-bliged”

"Much obliged" is sometimes joked as "matcha-bliged," with a pun on "matcha" (a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves). "The next…

January 26, 2020
Food/Drink

“Someone offered me grapes, but I declined. I’m not used to consuming wine in pill form”

"Someone offered me grapes, but I declined. I'm not used to consuming wine in pill form" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "'Someone offered me…

March 24, 2019
Food/Drink

“Someone please call 9 Wine Wine”

"Someone please call 9 Wine Wine" -- a wine joke on a "911" emergency call -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "DIAL 9-WINE-WINE: When in pain, call the…

January 4, 2018
Food/Drink

“Someone should rewrite the history books to refer to ancient spice traders as thyme travelers”

"Herb traders are thyme travelers" is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on Twitter by Glenn Fleishman‏ on March 7, 2016. A similar saying was posted on Reddit -- Shower Thoughts…

February 2, 2020
Food/Drink

“Someone threw a bottle of mayo at me. I was like, what the Hellmann”

Hellmann's is a popular brand of mayonnaise. There are, of course, "hell man" jokes. "My girlfriend just threw mayonnaise at me, what the Hellman" was posted on Twitter by…

April 29, 2025
Food/Drink

“Someone threw sodium chloride at me! That’s a salt!”

"A salt" sounds like "assault," and there are sodium chloride jokes that have been printed on many images. "Some one just threw a bag of sodium Chloride at me! That's…

July 1, 2024
Food/Drink

“Someone told me I looked like a salt cellar. I took it as a condiment”

“He said, ‘You remind me of a pepper pot.’ I said, ‘I’ll take that as a condiment’” is a joke that has been told by many British comedians. There are other condiment variations.…

June 24, 2024
Food/Drink

“Someone told me I looked like a salt shaker. I took it as a condiment”

“He said, ‘You remind me of a pepper pot.’ I said, ‘I’ll take that as a condiment’” is a joke that has been told by many British comedians. There are other condiment variations.…

January 20, 2026
Food/Drink

“Someone told me that a ring of salt will protect me from evil spirits. We’ll see how this margarita works out for me”

Some people believe in magic circles. "A ring of salt will protect you" (or "A circle of salt will protect you") has been printed on many images. "A ring of salt will…

June 24, 2024
Food/Drink

“Someone told me today that I smelt like vinegar. I took it as a condiment”

“He said, ‘You remind me of a pepper pot.’ I said, ‘I’ll take that as a condiment’” is a joke that has been told by many British comedians. There are other condiment variations.…

March 22, 2017
Food/Drink

“Someone’s just thrown a bottle of Omega 3 tablets at me. I only received super fish oil injuries”

"Super fish oil" sounds like "superficial." A joke was posted on Twitter on July 31, 2011: "Someone's just thrown a bottle of Omega 3 tablets at me. I only received…

December 24, 2015
Food/Drink

“Someone’s stollen my German Christmas cake”

"Stollen" is a German fruit bread, often served at Christmas. There are many puns with stollen and "stolen." "Thought of a new recipe for a cake with marzipan and sultanas.…

May 26, 2015
Food/Drink

“Something in the water” (cause of unusual activity)

"There must be something in the water" is a jocular statement, guessing that the water is responsible for unusual conditions in a locality. "There must be something in the water at…

March 22, 2018
Food/Drink

“Sometimes I cook with hate just to see if anyone can really tell the difference”

"Cook/Cooked/Cooking with love" is a common expression, usually referring to slow fast (as opposed to fast food). People often wonder if there is an opposite expression. "Oh, really?…

May 30, 2016
Food/Drink

“Sometimes I drink water just to surprise my liver”

"Sometimes I drink water (just) to surprise my liver" is a jocular drinking saying that has been printed on many images. "Today I am gonna surprise my liver, I'm gonna drink…

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