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September 19, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, taste the soup!” (joke)

A classic New York old-Jew_at-a-restaurant joke was told in a Leonard Lyons (1906-1976) 'The Lyons Den" column in the New York (NY) Post in October 1956: "The story is being told of…

September 10, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there is a bee in my alphabet soup!”/“I’m sure there is an A, C and all the other letters.”

Alphabet soup doesn't help with spelling bees, but there are jokes about pairing the two. There are "fly in my soup" and "bee/B in my soup" jokes about alphabet soup as…

July 18, 2018
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“Waiter, there is a spider in my soup.”/“Yes sir, I put it there to catch the fly.”

A spider variation on the “Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” joke is: Diner: Waiter, there is a spider in my soup.Waiter: Yes sir, I put it there to catch the fly. Google Groups:…

July 18, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a bee in my soup.”/“Yes sir, it is the fly’s day off.”

A bee variation on the “Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” joke is: Diner: Waiter, there's a bee in my soup.Waiter: Yes sir, it is the fly's day off. Google Groups: rec.humorWAITER…

July 18, 2018
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“Waiter, there’s a button on my potato.”/“Well, you did ask for a jacket potato.”

A potato variation on the “Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” joke is: Diner: Waiter, there's a button on my potato.A: Well, you did ask for a jacket potato. Google Groups:…

July 19, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a dead spider in my soup.”/“Yes, ma’am, they can’t stand the boiling water.”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterJohn Barnes@jbitwc2009"Waiter, waiter! There's a dead spider in my soup. Yes, ma'am, they can't stand the boiling water."2:51 PM - 7 Dec…

September 10, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a fly drowning in my alphabet soup.”/“Throw him an ‘O’ as a life preserver.”

Alphabet soup doesn't help with spelling bees, but there are jokes about pairing the two. There are "fly in my soup" and "bee/B in my soup" jokes about alphabet soup as…

September 10, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a fly in my alphabet soup!”/“That’s no fly, that’s a spelling bee.”

Alphabet soup doesn't help with spelling bees, but there are jokes about pairing the two. There are "fly in my soup" and "bee/B in my soup" jokes about alphabet soup as…

March 2, 2009
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!”

"Waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" is an old joke, with many punchlines. The joke is first cited in 1872 and was frequently told in the 1880s. In the late 1888s, the slang phrase…

December 30, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!”/[Klaus Schwab as waiter] “I know…”

Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum has promoted eating insects. A WEF variation on the “Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” joke is: DINER: Waiter, there's a fly in my soup! WAITER…

July 17, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a fly in my wine!”/“Well, you did ask for something with a little body in it!”

A wine variation on the “Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” joke is: Diner: Waiter, there is a fly in my wine!Waiter: Well, you did ask for something with a little body in it! The joke was…

July 19, 2018
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“Waiter, there’s a fly swimming in my soup.”/“Then we’ve served you too much soup.”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterBollywood Sargam@bollywoodsargamWaiter jokes - 9446 Joke: Waiter, there's a fly swimming in my soup! Then we've served you too much soup, the ..…

October 10, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a reflection of a sad and lonely man in my soup”

A good restaurant meal --starting with soup -- can't solve all problems. A joke was posted on Twitter by "the garbage shit boy" on March 11, 2014: "Waiter, there's a…

July 19, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, there’s a spider in my soup. Send for the manager.”/“He’s frightened of them, too.”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterWillie J. Green@WillieJG"Waiter, waiter! There's a spider in my soup. Send for the manager! It's no good, sir, he's frightened of them,…

March 9, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, this egg is bad!”/“Don’t blame me. I only laid the table.”

A restaurant joke is: Diner: What's wrong with these eggs I ordered? Waiter: Don't ask me. I only laid the table. "Small Girl: 'Where did the funny little eggs come from, do you…

December 1, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, this soup tastes funny!”/“Then why aren’t you laughing?”

A classic restaurant joke is: CUSTOMER: Waiter, this soup tastes funny. WAITER: Then why aren't you laughing? The joke was cited in 1931, when it involved the stew served in military barracks.…

September 10, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, what’s this fly doing in my alphabet soup?”/“Probably learning to read, sir.”

Alphabet soup doesn't help with spelling bees, but there are jokes about pairing the two. There are "fly in my soup" and "bee/B in my soup" jokes about alphabet soup as…

July 19, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter, why is there a spider in my glass?”/“It scares away the flies.”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterBollywood Sargam@bollywoodsargamWaiter jokes - 9499 Joke: Patron: Waiter, why is there a spider in my glass? Waiter: It scares away the flies...…

March 27, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter: Any intolerances? Diner: People who don’t signal properly on roundabouts.”

A restaurant often asks about intolerances -- that is, food intolerances. "At a restaurant that asks you to let them know if you have any intolerances. Yep, people who don't indicate…

December 19, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Waiter: Be careful, the plate is really hot. Diner: No worries. I’m not really attracted to plates”

When a waiter says that a plate is "hot," that doesn't mean that a plate is sexually attractive. "The plate wasn't hot enough. Personally i'm never sexually attracted…

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