Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a founding father, but he never became president. A riddle was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on July 6, 2017: Q: How do you begin a politically incorrect joke?A:…
A French restaurant riddle is: Q: How do you get a French waiter’s attention?A: Start ordering in German. That is, French waiters will usually ignore you -- except if you are German. (Germany…
"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?"/"Practice!" is a classic New York City joke. The Carnegie Deli opened in 1937, adjacent to Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Deli announced in late 2016…
A joke about a hot dog stand is: Q: How do you make a hot dog stand?A: Take away its chair. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1980. "How do you make a bandstand?" is a…
"À la carte" sounds like "Allah carte, prompting the pun: Q: How do you order food at a Muslim restaurant?A: Allah carte. The "Allah carte" joke has been cited in print…
It's well known that, no matter what cuisine a restaurant has, there will be Spanish speakers working in the kitchen. There's a joke about it: Q: How do you say thank you to a New York…
A restaurant joke about preparing chicken is: WAITER: May I take your order?CUSTOMER: How do you prepare your chickens?WAITER: Oh, we don't do anything special. We just tell them straight out…
A restaurant version of the lightbulb joke is: Q: How many cooks does it take to change a lightbulb?A: Five. One to screw it in and four to tell you how they did it at their last restaurant. The…
At the start of the COVID-19(coronavirus) pandemic, many supermarkets taped arrows on the floor to direct the supermarket cart traffic and promote social distancing. "Did they release the…
"RT @auntiebaecc: How old were you when you learned that BAR stood for Beer & Alcohol Room?" was posted on Twitter by Jay ☥ 𓂀 on December 14, 2018. (The original tweet is no…
At Subway sandwich restaurants, the customer instructs how to make the sandwich. Some customers object to giving a tip because they made the sandwich together. "Subway got some nerve asking…
"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, you've been a wonderful audience. I'll be here all week. Try the veal. And don't forget to tip your servers" is a classic line that a…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in some requirements to wear face masks. "Husband and I went grocery shopping with masks. Got home, took off masks, brought home wrong husband! Stay…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A hyperbole version is: "Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely…
Shopping without kids is a rare "guilty pleasure" for some parents. "Yes sex is great! But have you tried grocery shopping with no kids?? 😂😂" was posted on Facebook by…
The ice cream machine at McDonald's (a popular fast food restaurant chain) seems to break down often. "The ice cream machine at EVERY McDonald's is ALWAYS broken" was posted on…
Costco is a "club" (a warehouse club of retail stores), but it's not a nightclub. There are jokes about going to "the club." "if by 'picking up hotties at the…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic created panic buying of toilet paper. "I asked the Assistant at Tesco where I could find the nuts. She said, 'They are all in the toilet paper aisle…
A "signature dish" means a chef's specialty. It doesn't mean a dish that is signed by a chef, but there are jokes. "What do you call an autographed plate? A signature…
McDonald's "Shamrock Shake" is a green mint flavored milkshake, offered in March to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The milkshake contains no shamrocks. "I asked the 16 year…