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May 30, 2022
Food/Drink

“The kitchen was clean yesterday. Sorry you missed it”

"The/This kitchen was clean yesterday. Sorry you missed it" and "My kitchen was clean last week. Sorry you missed it" are jocular sayings that have been printed on many images.…

February 26, 2021
Food/Drink

“The last bite of a cookie isn’t really a bite because you don’t bite it”

"The last bite of a cookie isn’t really a bite because you don’t bite it, you just put it in your mouth" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on February 26, 2021. "Isn’t the…

December 11, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“The last thing to grow on a fruit tree is the fruit. Stay patient. What you work for will manifest”

"The last thing to grow on a fruit tree is the fruit" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Not seeing results? Feel like giving up?…

February 28, 2017
Food/Drink

“The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they’d turn over by themselves”

"The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they'd turn over by themselves" is frequently credited to American comedian and actor W. C. Fields (1880-1946), but only…

October 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“The leaves are falling and the coffee is calling”

"Leaves are falling. Coffee is calling" is an autumn saying that has been printed on many images. "The Leaves Are Falling... My Coffee Is Calling!" (shown on an image) was…

October 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“The leaves are falling. My coffee is calling”

"Leaves are falling. Coffee is calling" is an autumn saying that has been printed on many images. "The Leaves Are Falling... My Coffee Is Calling!" (shown on an image) was…

October 1, 2024
Food/Drink

“The lid of the Dijon mustard came off inside our picnic basket. Now there’s Poupon everything”

"There is Poupon everything" -- a joke on "poop on everything" -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. Grey Poupon is a brand of Dijon mustard which originated in…

February 16, 2017
Food/Drink

“The life of a snail is taken with a pinch of salt”

The expression "take it with a grain/pinch of salt" means to not take it with great importance. However, salt melts snails, so it's important to them. A one-line saying is: "The…

June 8, 2021
Food/Drink

“The local rabbi invited me to a BBQ, but it was just a bris cut”

"Brisket" should not be confused with "bris cut," but there are jokes. "@UrProbsJewish Ur probably NOT Jewish if you spell Brisket 'briscut'. Bris cut has an…

May 15, 2017
Food/Drink

“The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you won’t go to work. Alcohol gives you 1 in 5”

"The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you won’t go to work tomorrow. Alcohol gives you 1 in 5" -- that is, the five days of Monday through Friday -- is a jocular saying that…

April 17, 2021
Food/Drink

“The loudest way to open a bag of chips is to try to open it quietly”

"The loudest way to open a bag of chips is to try to open it quietly" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Instead of one brief loud noise, opening the bag slowly creates…

July 4, 2022
Food/Drink

“The lowest ranked door-to-door salesperson is awarded a knockwurst”

Knockwurst has nothing to do with knocking on a door, but there are jokes. "If you're gonna burst through the door unannounced, waving a German sausage, knockwurst!" (meaning…

September 5, 2013
Food/Drink

“The luck is gone, the brain is shot, but the liquor we still got”

"The luck is gone, the brain is shot, but the liquor we still got" was said by the actor Bryan Brown in the movie Cocktail (1988). "The money's gone, the brain is shot, but the…

October 6, 2019
Food/Drink

“The man who created the chickpea spread passed away, but has been given an award posthummusly”

"Posthummusly" (posthumously + hummus) is a jocular portmanteau word. "I eat so much hummus that one day it will kill me. At least I'll be happy. Posthummusly" was posted…

February 18, 2018
Food/Drink

“The man who drank a bottle of varnish had a horrible end, but a lovely finish”

A joke about someone drinking varnish was published in the Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle on April 7, 1938: "Poor Joe! He died from drinking varnish.""At least he had a fine finish."…

October 12, 2015
Food/Drink

“The meal isn’t over when I’m full. The meal is over when I hate myself”

American comedian Louis C.K. said on his comedy album Chewed Up (2008): "I don't stop eating when I'm full. The meal isn't over when I'm full. The meal is over when I hate…

September 13, 2022
Food/Drink

“The middle of a bundt cake is a bundthole”

A Bundt cake has a hole in the middle. Some call this the "Bundthole"/"Bundt hole" (bunthole/bunt hole). which looks like "butthole." "Most creative thing…

June 6, 2023
Food/Drink

“The Milky Way is a hard place to be if you’re galactose-intolerant”

"Galactose intolerant" is portmanteau of "galaxy" and "lactose intolerant," and it's often used in puns with "Milky Way." "I can't even look…

September 5, 2017
Food/Drink

“The more comfort food I eat, the less comfortable I am”

"Comfort food" might seem comforting at first, but too much comfort food can be fattening. "The more 'comfort food' I ate, the less comfortable I felt!" was posted on…

March 5, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“The more water you drink, the more bathroom breaks, the less you work. Stay hydrated”

"The more water you drink, the more bathroom breaks, the less you work. Stay hydrated" is jocular work advice that has been printed on many images. "Lesson learned today: The more…

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