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May 14, 2023
Food/Drink

“Wheat Thins implies the existence of Wheat Thiccs”

Wheat Thins is a brand of baked whole grain snack food crackers. "Wheat Thiccs" doesn't exist, but there are jokes. "wheat thins imply the existence of wheat thiccs" was…

March 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“Wheat Thins implies the existence of Wheat Thicks”

Wheat Thins is a brand of baked whole grain snack food crackers. "Wheat Thicks" doesn't exist, but there are jokes. "Yo momma so fat she eats Wheat Thicks" was posted on…

May 14, 2023
Food/Drink

“Wheat Thins imply the existence of Wheat Thiccs”

Wheat Thins is a brand of baked whole grain snack food crackers. "Wheat Thiccs" doesn't exist, but there are jokes. "wheat thins imply the existence of wheat thiccs" was…

March 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“Wheat Thins imply the existence of Wheat Thicks”

Wheat Thins is a brand of baked whole grain snack food crackers. "Wheat Thicks" doesn't exist, but there are jokes. "Yo momma so fat she eats Wheat Thicks" was posted on…

August 27, 2017
Food/Drink

“When a cannibal under cooks a psychic: medium rare”

A cannibal pun is that he/she likes a psychic "medium rare." "Did you hear about the cannibal with a penchant for psychics, medium rare?" was posted on the newsgroup…

July 25, 2025
Food/Drink

“When a girl is a good cook, it cancels out like 3 red flags”

"When a guy is a good cook, it cancels out like three red flags" is a relationship saying that has been printed on many images. Good food is highly valued. "When a guy is a good cook…

July 25, 2025
Food/Drink

“When a guy can cook, it automatically cancels out like three red flags”

"When a guy is a good cook, it cancels out like three red flags" is a relationship saying that has been printed on many images. Good food is highly valued. "When a guy is a good cook…

July 25, 2025
Food/Drink

“When a guy is a good cook, it cancels out like three red flags”

"When a guy is a good cook, it cancels out like three red flags" is a relationship saying that has been printed on many images. Good food is highly valued. "When a guy is a good cook…

July 25, 2025
Food/Drink

“When a man can cook, it automatically cancels out three red flags”

"When a guy is a good cook, it cancels out like three red flags" is a relationship saying that has been printed on many images. Good food is highly valued. "When a guy is a good cook…

February 19, 2024
Food/Drink

“When a Man Does the BBQ” (joke)

A meme called "BBQ Rules" or "The Aussie/Canadian/Dutch/Kiwi BBQ Routine" or "When a Man Does the BBQ" has been printed on many images and goes like this, with several…

July 25, 2025
Food/Drink

“When a man is a good cook, that cancels out like 3 red flags”

"When a guy is a good cook, it cancels out like three red flags" is a relationship saying that has been printed on many images. Good food is highly valued. "When a guy is a good cook…

March 18, 2009
Food/Drink

“When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick”

"When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick" is a line from the 1964 Broadway musical (and 1971 movie) Fiddler on the Roof. The line is often given as a Yiddish proverb or a…

May 1, 2021
Food/Drink

“When a recipe tells you to separate two eggs, how far is acceptable?” (joke)

Some recipes state to separate eggs. "This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them" was printed in the book Say Good…

February 14, 2026
Food/DrinkRadio/Television

“When a TV show has a really good-looking pizza in a scene they should have to tell you, in the credits, where it came from”

When a television show includes a pizza, some people wonder -- what pizza shop did they get that from? This was posted on X/Twitter (the original tweet is no longer available) by Danielle Weisberg…

October 25, 2014
Food/Drink

“When a vegan goes missing do they put them on a soymilk carton?”

Missing persons' pictures have been on milk cartons since the disappearance of Etan Patz in Manhattan in 1979. "Must suck when a vegan's kid goes missing and his picture is put on a…

May 21, 2023
Food/Drink

“When alcohol doesn’t count: 1. Friday night 2. All weekend 3. When it’s sunny 4. Birthday…”

"When alcohol doesn't count: 1. When it's sunny 2. Your birthday 3. Friday nights 4. All weekend 5. If you're already drunk" is a drinking saying (with several variations)…

May 21, 2023
Food/Drink

“When alcohol doesn’t count: 1. When it’s sunny 2. When it’s cloudy”

"When alcohol doesn't count: 1. When it's sunny 2. Your birthday 3. Friday nights 4. All weekend 5. If you're already drunk" is a drinking saying (with several variations)…

May 21, 2023
Food/Drink

“When alcohol doesn’t count: 1. When it’s sunny 2. Your birthday 3. Friday nights 4. All weekend…”

"When alcohol doesn't count: 1. When it's sunny 2. Your birthday 3. Friday nights 4. All weekend 5. If you're already drunk" is a drinking saying (with several variations)…

May 11, 2017
Food/Drink

“When all else fails… Pizza & Beer”

"When all else fails… Pizza & Beer" is a popular saying. "When all else fails you can't go wrong with some pizza and a good beer!!!" was posted on Twitter on May 31,…

November 21, 2017
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“When baking dog biscuits, be sure to use collie flour”

"Cauliflower" sounds like "collie flour." "Dog biscuits are made out of collie-flour" is a pun that has been cited in print since at least 1928. A riddle was printed…

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