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April 26, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m fat because I’m full of experiences. And most of those experiences took place at restaurants”

"I'm fat because I'm full of experiences. And most of those experiences took place at Mexican restaurants" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying…

December 26, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m going to a notable restaurant tonight. I’m excited, but I don’t know where I’ll put my plate”

There's a difference between a "notable" restaurant and a "no table" restaurant. "I'm going to a notable restaurant tonight. I'm excited, but I don't…

July 11, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m going to open a Vietnamese soup/Southern barbeque restaurant and call it Ph? Que”

What would a fusion restaurant serving Vietnamese "pho" and Southern barbecue ("Que" or "Cue" or "Q") be called? "I want to open a Vietnamese BBQ place…

July 29, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m going to the strip club. The chicken strip club. I mean Chick-Fil-A”

Chicken strips are deep fried pieces of chicken meat. "Chicken strips" doesn't mean that chicken takes off its clothes (strips), but there are jokes. A "chicken strip club"…

April 28, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m in a good place right now. Not emotionally. I’m just at the bottle shop”

"I'm in a good place right now. Not emotionally. I'm just at the liquor store" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I'm in a good place right…

February 3, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m in a good place right now. Not emotionally. I’m just at the liquor store”

"I'm in a good place right now. Not emotionally. I'm just at the liquor store" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I'm in a good place right…

November 9, 2019
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m just a man, a man struggling to open a plastic vegetable bag at the grocery store”

The plastic vegetable bags at supermarkets are sometimes difficult to open, especially for men who are unfamiliar with them. "I'm just a man, a man struggling to open a plastic vegetable…

October 8, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m not sure if this woman in the Starbucks line ahead of me is ordering a drink or casting a spell”

Ordering coffee can be a mystifying experience. "Ordering Starbucks is a lot like casting wizard spells. You must speak the words of power correctly, lest you get unintended…

June 30, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’m so bad at chess the only way I’ll get to say ‘checkmate’ is at an Australian restaurant”

There's a difference between "Checkmate!" (said at the end of a game of chess) and "Check/cheque, mate!" (said at the end of a restaurant meal in Australia), but it's…

June 3, 2012
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’ve been thrown out of better places than this!”

"I've been thrown out of better places/joints/bars/restaurants/hotels than this!" is a humorous saying by someone getting removed from a location. Ferenc Molnár's popular…

December 12, 2014
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’ve never been in love, but I imagine it’s like when the waiter brings your food”

"I've never been in love, but I imagine it's similar to the feeling you get when you see your waiter arriving with your food" is a jocular saying that's popular on Twitter.…

March 23, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’ll have a rum and coke” (joke)

Can you substitute a Pepsi in a "rum and coke"? Dan Mentos made a popular tweet on November 23, 2014: “I’ll have a rum and coke”Is pepsi ok?“Sure whatever”*hands you a pepsi and…

September 24, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’ve been in this McDonald’s restroom for over an hour, waiting for an employee to wash my hands”

"Employees Must Wash Hands (or, in full, "Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work") is a popular sign at restaurants. A joke on this is, “The sign said, ‘Employees…

September 24, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’ve been in this McDonald’s restroom for over two hours, waiting for an employee to wash my hands”

"Employees Must Wash Hands (or, in full, "Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work") is a popular sign at restaurants. A joke on this is, “The sign said, ‘Employees…

February 14, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I’ve done a survey on how people walk home from the pub. The results are staggering”

"Staggering" can mean "the motion of someone who staggers" (noun) and "incredible" or "amazing" (adjective). A pun was posted on Twitter by Me Lord (and…

October 29, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Iamonthemoonandthereisnowheretogetabeer. Thereisnospacebar”

The space bar on a keyboard is not a bar that serves drinks, but there are jokes. This was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on October 28, 2020:…

September 21, 2025
Education/SchoolsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Idea for haunted house: dimly lit grocery store sprinkled with people you haven’t talked to since high school”

Many people meet old acquaintances at the grocery store, and it can be frightening. This was posted on X/Twitter by paperwash© on September 4, 2015, and it received over 10,000 likes: "idea…

February 9, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“If a bag is not resealable then it contains one serving. I don’t make the rules”

"If a bag is not resealable then it contains one serving. I don’t make the rules" and "If a bacon package isn't resealable, it contains one serving. That's science. I…

August 16, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“If a crab were employed in a pizza parlor, in which station would it work? A crust station.”

"Crustacean" sounds like "crust station." "My pet crab Pinchy, just got a job at Pizza Hut at the Crust Station. I'm so proud" is a pun that was posted on Twitter…

November 13, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“If a sushi restaurant is giving you a discount, don’t take it. You’re getting a raw deal”

The expression "raw deal" doesn't usually involve raw seafood, but there are jokes. "There's an 'eat as much as you like for £4' special at my local sushi…

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