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June 23, 2024
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“The only difference between McDonald’s and bureaucracies is McDonald’s only has one clown running the show’”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 23, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only difference between McDonald’s and Congress is that McDonald’s only has one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 22, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The only difference between McDonald’s and most workplaces is that McDonald’s has only one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 23, 2024
Education/SchoolsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only difference between McDonald’s and my college is McDonald’s has only got one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 22, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The only difference between McDonald’s and my job is that McDonald’s only has one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 22, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The only difference between McDonald’s and my office is that McDonald’s has only one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 23, 2024
Education/SchoolsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only difference between McDonald’s and my school is McDonald’s has only got one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 22, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The only difference between McDonald’s and my work is McDonald’s has only got one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

June 23, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only difference between McDonald’s and our government is that McDonald’s only has one clown running the show”

"The difference between McDonald's and where I work. McDonald's only has one clown running the show" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Ronald McDonald is…

April 15, 2006
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only pizza worth eating” (Abitino’s)

Abitino's New York Style Pizza has locations such as Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street and Bleecker Street. It calls itself "The only pizza worth eating," but that can be strongly…

November 14, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only thing worse than finding a hair in your food is finding out the chef is bald”

People don’t like to find a hair in their food -- especially if they're bald. Many chefs are bald. "RT @yourfavwhiteguy: The only thing worse than finding a hair in your food is finding…

March 30, 2015
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A popular English grammar bar joke is: "The past, the present, and the future walk…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of coffee drinkers is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of coffee is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of coffee shops is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of overpriced coffee is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

November 20, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The person I see in the self checkout camera is not who I am in my heart”

No one seems to look good in a store's self checkout camera. This has the reputation for making people look even worse than passport photos or driver's license photos. "I never look…

February 18, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The person who invented AutoCorrect walks into a barn. He orders a bear” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." An AutoCorrect version was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on October 6, 2019: "The person…

March 1, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The pub is ten minutes from my house. However, my house is two hours from the pub”

It's often faster to walk from one's house to a pub than it is to walk from a pub back to the house -- that is, the person walking home from the pub is drunk. A joke was posted on…

December 19, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The restaurant advertised ‘Chicken Dinner $1.” I paid $1 and they gave me a bowl of corn”

"The restaurant advertised 'Chicken Dinner $1." I paid $1 and they gave me a bowl of corn" is a joke of unknown authorship. The joke is that the "chicken dinner" is…

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