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July 4, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“In the restaurant: ‘Would you like a table?’  ‘No, a lamp for 5 please.’”

A jocular response to an obvious restaurant question is: WAITER: Would you like a table?A: No, a lamp for 5 please. The joke was posted on Twitter by FUNNY TWEETS on October 7, 2012, and has been…

March 25, 2019
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?” (Polish joke)

A Polish (or other ethnicity) joke has a customer ask a store clerk, "In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?" The clerk asks, "Are you Polish?' The customer then erupts,…

July 9, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Indian restaurants are naan profit businesses while Vietnamese restaurants are pho profit”

"Your Indian restaurant is naan profit? My Vietnamese is pho profit" was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on February 9, 2017. "Naan" sounds like "non" and "pho"…

September 23, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Instead of a condom, I carry a moist towelette in my wallet. I run into chicken wings more often”

"Instead of a condom, I carry a moist towelette in my wallet. The odds of me finding delicious chicken wings are far greater than my chances of getting laid" (or "Instead of a…

September 23, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Instead of a condom, I carry a towelette in my wallet. The odds of me finding chicken wings…”

"Instead of a condom, I carry a moist towelette in my wallet. The odds of me finding delicious chicken wings are far greater than my chances of getting laid" (or "Instead of a…

March 15, 2026
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Instead of spending $4 on coffee everyday I can spend $800 on Nespresso pods every two weeks to make it at home”

Some people try to avoid buying coffee at a place like Starbucks every day, and they buy Nespresso pods to save money. This joke was posted on X/Twitter by Soup on March 15, 2026, and it received…

February 4, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Into a bar Yoda walks” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A version with the Star Wars character Yoda is: "Into a bar Yoda walks." The joke…

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

“Irate Diner: Hey, waiter, there’s an F-L-Y in my alphabet soup!”

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 18, 2026
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Irish food peaked with the McRib”

McRib is a minced pork sandwich with barbecue sauce sold at McDonald's fast food restaurants. It is not Irish food, but there are jokes. "Irish food peaked with the McRib" was posted…

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

“Is a line outside a Vietnamese restaurant a pho queue?”

What is a line for Vietnamese pho called? "I guess that means that a Vietnamese soup line would be a pho queue" was printed in a 2000 book. A riddle was posted to the newsgroup…

December 17, 2014
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Is anything okay?” (Jewish restaurant joke)

"Is everything okay?" a waiter often asks the diners at a restaurant table. However, in a Jewish restaurant, the diners complain about everything and the waiter asks, "Is anything…

July 29, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresTransportationWork/Businesses

“Is it just me or does everything cost like we’re shopping in an airport now?”

"Is it just me or does everything cost like we're shopping in an airport now?" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Airport shopping is usually very expensive.…

August 29, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Is Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Jersey Mike’s, and Mike and Ike’s all the same Mike?”

"Mike" is a common name, used on several food products. "Is Jersey Mike the same Mike that has the hard lemonade?" was posted on X/Twitter by Tyler? on January 24, 2025.…

April 17, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“It only takes one slow-walking person in the grocery store…”

"It only takes one slow-walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that I'm a nice person" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Grocery store…

April 17, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“It only takes one slow-walking person in the supermarket…”

"It only takes one slow-walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that I'm a nice person" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Grocery store…

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

“It was so cold that I saw chickens lined up for KFC’s deep fryer”

"It was so cold that I saw chickens lined up for KFC's deep fryer" is a joke about extremely cold weather that has been printed on many images. "It was so cold in New York City…

January 4, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“It was so cold that Starbucks was serving coffee on a stick”

Coffee is usually -- but not always -- served hot. A winter joke is: "It was so cold that Dunkin' Donuts (or Starbucks or a local coffeehouse) was serving coffee on a stick."…

October 23, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresTransportation

“It’s all about perspective. The sinking of the Titanic was a miracle to the lobsters in the ship’s kitchen”

The RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk on April 15, 1912. This was a tragedy for the human passengers, but, as a joke goes, a miracle to the lobsters in the ship's restaurant tank.…

July 13, 2026
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“It’s called fast food because it speeds you up to your grave”

"They call it fast food because it gets you to the grave faster" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that "fast food" is not healthy food. The…

July 18, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresSports/Games

“It’s called the Summer Olympics so one of the events should be running in flip flops to catch the ice cream man”

"Just sprinted 3 blocks in flip flops to catch the ice cream man....the things we do for our kids!!!!" was posted on X/Twitter by Gratefuldes on May 14, 2010. "I legit just ran out…

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