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January 24, 2026
Food/Drink

“When life hands me lemons, I put them in the fridge next to the bagged salad I’m also not going to eat”

"If life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old proverb. A jocular variation was posted on X/Twitter by krista on October 18, 2025: "When life hands me lemons, I put them in the…

January 17, 2020
Food/Drink

“When life hands you gators, make Gatorade”

"If/When life gives/hands you gators, make Gatorade" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the popular saying, "If life gives you…

September 6, 2020
Food/Drink

“When life hands you lemons, kill them, crush them, drink their souls”

"When life hands you lemons, kill them, crush them, drink their souls" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a variant on the popular saying, “If life…

May 2, 2022
Food/Drink

“When life hands you melons, wear a low-cut shirt and use them to get free lemonade”

"If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is an old saying. "If/When life gives you melons, you may/might be dyslexic" is a jocular variant that has been printed on many…

June 13, 2021
Food/Drink

“When life throws you a taco, eat it”

"When life gives you tacos, eat them" and "When life gives you broken tacos, make nachos (taco salad)" are sayings that have been printed on several images. The sayings are…

June 13, 2025
Food/Drink

“When making butter, there is little margarine for error”

"Margin for error" shouldn't be written as "margarine for error," but there are jokes. "When making butter there is little margarine for error. #pun" was posted…

November 29, 2017
Food/Drink

“When making mac & cheese I didn’t use a colander long enough; wife gave me a restraining order”

A colander joke is: "When making macaroni and cheese I didn't use the colander long enough, and wife gave me a restraining order." The one-line saying was posted on Twitter on…

December 8, 2022
Food/Drink

“When measuring the circumference of a pie, using one pie is not enough. But 2?r”

"When measuring the circumference of a pie, using one pie is not enough. But 2πr" ("two pie are") is a pun that was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on December 7, 2022. The…

June 10, 2018
Food/Drink

“When my friend mixed onions with nitrous oxide, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry”

Slicing onions makes people cry. Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) makes people laugh. "I've been breathing nitrous oxide while chopping onions. I don't know whether to laugh or cry"…

March 24, 2024
Food/Drink

“When my Swiss friends send me cheese, I get sad and miss them terribly. I know I’m being sent Emmental”

Emmental is a yellow, medium-hard cheese that originated in Emmen, Switzerland. It's sometimes joked that one is being "sent Emmental" (sentimental). "pretty gutted i never get…

June 19, 2018
Food/Drink

“When one door closes, another one opens. It’s the fridge”

"When one door shuts, another opens" is an old proverb about opportunity. Several joke versions involve a refrigerator door. "When one door closes, another one opens. With a teenager…

January 30, 2025
Food/Drink

“When people ask me what is more important, food or love, I say nothing, because I еаt”

"When people ask me which is more important, food or love? I don't answer because I'm eating" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. a "When me ask that…

January 30, 2025
Food/Drink

“When people ask me which is more important, food or love? I don’t answer because I’m eating”

"When people ask me which is more important, food or love? I don't answer because I'm eating" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "When me ask that it…

July 21, 2020
Food/Drink

“When people misspell ‘barely’ like ‘barley,’ they’re just going against the grain”

People often misspell "barely" and "barley." "I think my favorite typo is when people misspell 'barely' as 'barley'" was posted on Twitter by…

February 16, 2022
Food/Drink

“When probiotics expire, do they become conbiotics?”

There are "probiotics," but no "amateurbiotics" or casualbiotics" or "conbiotics" -- except in jokes. "I don't really want to pay for probiotics if I…

May 19, 2024
Food/DrinkHotelsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“When restaurants/hotels have really large sets of gravy boats, I hope the staff refer to it as the Gravy Navy”

Gravy boats (sauce boats) are not boats that sail on water, but there are jokes. "If you had enough gravy boats would you have a gravy navy?" was posted on X/Twitter by John…

May 19, 2024
Food/DrinkMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“When setting the dinner table, does your phone go to the left or right of the dinner plate?”

Where does a phone go when setting a dinner table? Some people insist a phone goes on the left, some insist it goes on the right, and others insist that phones do not belong on a dinner table.…

October 8, 2020
Food/Drink

“When should you go on a cheese diet?”/“When you need to cheddar a few pounds.”

"Cheddar" sounds a bit like "shed a." "He went on a cheese diet in order to cheddar few pounds. (Pun of the Day)" was posted on the newsgroup alt.callahans on July 27,…

July 19, 2024
Food/Drink

“When slicing cheese, for every slice you slice, you must eat a slice. This is the only method. All other methods are wrong”

"When slicing cheese, for every slice you slice, you must eat a slice. This is the only method. All other methods are wrong" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The…

December 13, 2016
Food/Drink

“When someone asks where is your Christmas spirit, point to the liquor cabinet”

"When someone asks 'where is your Christmas spirit?', is it wrong to point to the liquor cabinet?" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. "So when someone…

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