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May 17, 2024
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. So I’m not an alcoholic, I’m spiritual”

"I don't drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. So I'm not an alcoholic, I'm spiritual" (or "I don't drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. Therefore,…

May 17, 2024
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. Therefore, I’m not an alcoholic, I’m spiritual”

"I don't drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. So I'm not an alcoholic, I'm spiritual" (or "I don't drink alcohol, I drink distilled spirits. Therefore,…

December 29, 2014
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink champagne anymore after a really bad experience. We had it at my wedding”

"I don't drink champagne anymore after a really bad experience. We had it at my wedding" is a joke that was told on many sites on July 22, 2012. The joke appears to have originated…

August 5, 2021
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee”

"I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "I used to drink coffee to wake up. Now, I wake up to drink…

August 8, 2020
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink for religious reasons. I drink for other reasons”

"I don't drink alcohol for religious reasons.I drink it for other reasons" is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Joe Tenny on August 11, 2010. "@DaNovaKiDD: I don't drink…

September 5, 2025
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink to forget my problems. I drink to celebrate the fact that I have survived them”

"I don't drink to forget my problems. I drink to celebrate the fact that I have survived them" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "I DON'T DRINK TO FORGET MY…

June 19, 2020
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink to get drunk. I drink to get my inner demons drunk”

"I don't drink to get drunk. I drink to get my inner demons drunk, so they'll pass out and give me some peace" is a drinking saying that has been printed on several images.…

July 12, 2013
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink water because fish fuck in it”

The comic actor W. C. Fields (1880-1946) was known for drinking alcohol. He allegedly said that he didn't drink water because "fish fuck in it." "I don't drink water…

September 5, 2025
Food/Drink

“I don’t drink whiskey to forget my problems. I drink to celebrate the fact that I have survived them”

"I don't drink to forget my problems. I drink to celebrate the fact that I have survived them" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "I DON'T DRINK TO FORGET MY…

August 15, 2012
Food/Drink

“I don’t eat snails—I prefer fast food”

Sports Illustrated recorded a quote in its September 23, 1985 issue by San Francisco Giants third base coach Rocky Bridges. Bridges was asked why he refused to eat snails and he replied, "I…

October 9, 2019
Food/Drink

“I don’t eat spinach. If I ate it I might like it, and I hate the damned stuff”

A joke is told about a person (usually an Irishman) who doesn't like lettuce/spinach/broccoli. The logic goes like this: "I don't eat lettuce/spinach/broccoli. If I ate it I might…

June 21, 2024
Food/Drink

“I don’t even like food I just be eating so I don’t die”

Many people are tired of eating and no longer like food. "My appetite has been so weird lately. I just be eating so I don’t die" was posted on X/Twitter by BUCKINBUCKINWOAH on July 21,…

June 21, 2024
Food/Drink

“I don’t even like food no more I just be eating so I don’t die”

Many people are tired of eating and no longer like food. "My appetite has been so weird lately. I just be eating so I don’t die" was posted on X/Twitter by BUCKINBUCKINWOAH on July 21,…

March 11, 2024
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“I don’t even see the Golden Globes anymore. I just see Epstein Island visitors”

"I don't even see the Oscars anymore. I just see Epstein Island visitors" (or "I don't even see the Golden Globes anymore. I just see Epstein Island visitors") is a…

March 11, 2024
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“I don’t even see the Oscars anymore. I just see Epstein Island visitors”

"I don't even see the Oscars anymore. I just see Epstein Island visitors" (or "I don't even see the Golden Globes anymore. I just see Epstein Island visitors") is a…

August 6, 2024
Food/Drink

“I don’t even think it’s possible for a bear to cook porridge”

In the 19th-century English fairy tale, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," Goldilocks eats some of the bears' porridge. "I don't even think it's possible for a bear to…

July 31, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I don’t exercise. It makes me spill my coffee”

I don't exercise. It makes my coffee spill" (or "I don't exercise. It makes me spill my coffee") is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images.…

July 31, 2018
Food/Drink

“I don’t exercise. It makes me spill my coffee”

I don't exercise. It makes my coffee spill" (or "I don't exercise. It makes me spill my coffee") is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images.…

July 31, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“I don’t exercise. It makes my coffee spill”

I don't exercise. It makes my coffee spill" (or "I don't exercise. It makes me spill my coffee") is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images.…

July 31, 2018
Food/Drink

“I don’t exercise. It makes my coffee spill”

I don't exercise. It makes my coffee spill" (or "I don't exercise. It makes me spill my coffee") is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images.…

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