A jocular supermarket store sign has been printed on many images: "Store Tip!!!'Accidentally' buy the potato chips your spouse doesn't like so you don't have to…
Does a charcuterie board exist simply because people don't have any bread to make a sandwich? What is "charcuterie" (cold cuts) French for, anyway? "Charcuterie is French for…
"I wanted to stop drinking but then I remembered the owner of the pub has a family to feed" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. There are several variations of the…
Many Southern waitresses, according to the stereotype, address a diner with "hon" (honey). This as nothing to do with Attila the Hun, but there are jokes. "I get called…
"If you know when the liquor store closes you are crafty. If you know when the liquor store opens you are an alcoholic" was posted on Twitter by Griffin Danes on June 14, 2013.…
Many Southern waitresses, according to the stereotype, address a diner with "hon" (honey). This as nothing to do with Attila the Hun, but there are jokes. "I get called…
"'Yay! It's the weekend! Said nobody who works in a restaurant" is a jocular line that has been printed on several ecards. "'Yay!!! It's the weekend!!!'…
Sometimes a person has to get up to use the rest room during a restaurant meal. However, that person can't trust that another at the table won't eat the french fries (or onion rings).…
Sometimes a person has to get up to use the rest room during a restaurant meal. However, that person can't trust that another at the table won't eat the french fries (or onion rings).…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." "[X] walks into a bar...and lowers it" is a popular form of the joke, where…
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A lemmings version is: "20 lemmings walk into a bar. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!…
Newspapers.com23 May 1933, Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), "On Broadway" by Walter Winchell, pg. 10, col. 4: Code. A Hollywood soda-jerker forwards this glossary of soda-fountain lingo out…
Newspapers.com 27 September 1981, The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), "Counterwailing" by Dan Carlinsky, Suburdia Today, pg. 18, col. 4: 14. Special order. Newspapers.com 10 July 1985,…
Newspapers.com17 September 1971, The Messenger (Madisonville, KY), "'Hash-House Greek' Colorful U.S. Slang" by Dan Carlinsky (New York Times), pg. 6, col. 3: nineteen. Banana…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in the closures of non-essential businesses. Liquor stores -- and, in some states, marijuana stores -- were deemed essential businesses. "1920:…
Newspapers.com 8 April 1939, Sheboygan (WI) Press, "What Is Your Number?," pg. 14, col. 2: 21 -- The customer who doesn't tip.
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
Newspapers.com 27 September 1981, The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), "Counterwailing" by Dan Carlinsky, Suburdia Today, pg. 18, col. 4: 21. Two of an item for the same person or table.…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A Pi (3.1414159265...) version is: "3.14159265 walks into a bar and the barman says,…