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January 10, 2026
Food/DrinkMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I had a real job trying to open a bottle of Ketchup so went on the internet for some ‘open source’ information”

"Open source" information won't necessarily tell you how to open a bottle of ketchup, but there are jokes. This was posted on X/Twitter (and also on Facebook and Bluesky at about the…

May 20, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I had a really funny joke, but autocorrect ruined the lunchtime”

A joke about autocorrection is: "I had a really funny joke, but autocorrect ruined the lunchtime." "Punchline" was changed to "lunchtime." The joke was posted on…

April 9, 2025
Food/Drink

“I had a salad joke, but I tossed it”

"I had a salad joke... but i tossed it" was posted on Facebook by Andrew Lim on August 21, 2012. "I had a salad joke... But I tossed it" was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on…

May 22, 2017
Food/Drink

“I had a shepherd’s pie for lunch. He was furious”

A shepherd's pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato. A popular joke is: "I had a shepherd's pie for lunch. He was furious." "I ate a shepherd's pie for tea…

January 30, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I had a thought, but unfortunately I had a second thought…” (joke)

"I had a thought, but unfortunately I had a second thought. They ricocheted off each other and I can't find either anymore" (or "I had a thought, but unfortunately I had another…

January 29, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I had a thought, but unfortunately I had another thought…” (joke)

"I had a thought, but unfortunately I had a second thought. They ricocheted off each other and I can't find either anymore" (or "I had a thought, but unfortunately I had another…

August 1, 2023
Food/Drink

“I had cheese, but no crackers. I was cracka-lackin’”

"Crackalackin'" is defined in a 2004 entry in the Urban Dictionary: "It's an upbeat way of asking someone how they are doing, and may cause one to crack a smile in…

August 1, 2023
Food/Drink

“I had cheese, but no crackers. I was cracka-lacking”

"Crackalackin'" is defined in a 2004 entry in the Urban Dictionary: "It's an upbeat way of asking someone how they are doing, and may cause one to crack a smile in…

April 20, 2019
Food/Drink

“I had donkey meat for the first time. It tasted like ass”

The Urban Dictionary defined "taste like ass" as "when something tastes bad" on March 19, 2003. "'I ate donkey for lunch. It tasted like Ass.' -…

October 1, 2025
Sports/Games

“I had eczema, diarrhoea and haemorrhoids over the weekend. My best game of Scrabble ever”

Eczema, diarrhoea, gonorrhoea and haemorrhoids are difficult to spell, and there are Scrabble jokes. "I got eczema, diarrhoea, gonorrhoea and haemorrhoids last week. First time I've ever…

June 1, 2021
The Big Apple1960s: Fun City

“I had heard so much raving about ‘The Big Apple,’ as it was called” (Malcolm X, 1964)

African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X (1925-1965) was assassinated in Harlem's Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. In 1987. New York Mayor Ed Koch re-named…

May 8, 2018
Streets

“I had my parking validated—which was nice because I’d been practicing for so long”

"Parking validation" usually refers to the parking slip that one gets when on entering a car park. A person can patronize a local business (such as going to a conference at hotel) and get…

May 9, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I had my patience tested. I’m negative”

"I had my patience tested. I'm negative" -- that is, the speaker has no patience -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter by Dumb…

June 26, 2021
Food/Drink

“I had no idea what ghee was until someone clarified it for me”

Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in India. "He didn't understand what ghee is, but someone clarified it for him" was posted on Twitter by Ian Froeb on May 18,…

December 13, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I had the rudest, slowest, nastiest cashier today. It’s my own fault for using the self checkout”

People sometimes get rude cashiers at stores. This was posted on Facebook by Jim Shaver on December 3, 2020: "I had the rudest, slowest, nastiest cashier today. I guess it's my own fault…

June 3, 2021
Food/Drink

“I had to fire our fruit delivery guy this morning. He was driving me bananas”

"Driving me bananas" usually means "driving me crazy," but some jokes involve literal driving of bananas. "First day running my family fruit and veg delivery service and my…

April 17, 2021
Transportation

“I had to fly across the country for my vaccine, and, wow, are my arms sore”

“I just flew in and boy, are my arms tired!” is a very old joke (1940s). The arms are tired from flapping so much (like a bird's wings). A variation of the joke was posted on Reddit--…

July 30, 2017
Food/Drink

“I had to give up my vegetarian diet. Turns out they’re a lot harder to catch than cows”

There's a difference between "eating vegetarian" and "eating a vegetarian." A joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on January 31, 2003, taken from the comic…

August 31, 2012
Names/Phrases

“I had to prove I was a citizen of New York, so I stabbed him” (joke)

New York City has a reputation as a violent place (or at least it had that reputation in the 1970s and 1980s). The comedian Emo Phillips told this joke on his album, E=MO² (1985): "New…

June 18, 2020
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“I had to throw out all of my Danish currency. I didn’t wanna catch the Kronervirus”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has nothing to do with the Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Norwegian krone or Swedish krona, but there are jokes. "Maybe it was Norwegian #KronaVirus"…

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