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December 15, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Men hang out in bars for one of two reasons—either they have no wife to go home to, or they do”

"I've noticed the strangest thing about men who hang out in bars a lot. It seems they have only one of two reasons to be there: They have no wife to go home to ... or they do" was…

April 22, 2012
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Men: No Shirt, No Service—Women: No Shirt, No Charge” (restaurant sign)

"Men: No Shirt, No Service; Women: No Shirt, No Charge" (or "free food" or "free drinks") is a humorous sign that has been placed in restaurants and bars since at…

September 26, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresTransportation

“Michelin star restaurants are cool and everything but have you ever had food from a gas station down south?”

The best food in the American south can often be found at gas stations. "Michelin star restaurants are cool and everything but have you ever had food from a gas station down south?"…

November 25, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Money can’t buy you happiness? Well, check this out, I bought myself a Happy Meal”

"Money can't buy happiness" is a proverb that has been cited in English since at least 1821. There have been many jocular additions to the proverb. "They say money can't…

March 2, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Monkey bars imply the existence of monkey bartenders”

"Monkey bars" can be found on playgrounds and are not bars that serve alcohol, but there are jokes. "As much time as I spent at the monkey bars in elementary school, I never once met…

May 10, 2026
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Most relationships won’t lead to marriage, but at least they help you find new restaurants”

"Not all relationships will lead to marriage. Some will help you discover new restaurants" (or "Most relationships won't lead to marriage, but at least they help you find new…

March 3, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My best mate ran off with the garlic bread and coleslaw. I wish he would stop taking sides”

Restaurants offer side dishes. A pun about "taking sides" (mentioning the Nando's fast food restaurant chain that offers several sides) is: "I was arguing with my girlfriend in…

May 18, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My biggest obstacle is that I only like salads when they’re made by other people and cost $16”

"My biggest obstacle is that I only like salads when they’re made by other people and cost $16" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker likes a restaurant salad,…

April 23, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My body is not a temple, it is a Midwest dive bar”

"My body is not a temple, it’s more like a dive bar" and "My body is not my temple, it's more like a bar and grill" are sayings that have been printed on many images.…

April 23, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My body is not a temple, it’s more like a dive bar with a broken toilet”

"My body is not a temple, it’s more like a dive bar" and "My body is not my temple, it's more like a bar and grill" are sayings that have been printed on many images.…

April 23, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My body is not my temple, it’s more like a bar and grill”

"My body is not a temple, it’s more like a dive bar" and "My body is not my temple, it's more like a bar and grill" are sayings that have been printed on many images.…

June 29, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My Chinese waiter thinks all white people look alike and gave my food to the wrong customer…”

"All Chinese people look alike to me" is a popular saying of what has been called the "cross-race effect." A joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on February 24, 2020: "My…

June 16, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My compliments to the gardener” (said at a vegan/vegetarian restaurant)

"My compliments to the chef" is what a diner might say to a waiter after a good restaurant meal. At a vegan/vegetarian restaurant, the meal is mostly vegetables. "At a vegetarian…

April 1, 2019
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My doctor told me to eat more Taco Bell. Well, he actually said ‘less McDonald’s’”

"My doctor said I should eat more Taco Bell. He actually said 'Less McDonald's', but I'm pretty sure I know what he meant" was posted on Twitter by Hakim Givens on…

November 3, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My doctor told me to take up an activity that gets me out of the pub. So I’ve started smoking”

Most pubs do not allow smoking. A joke was posted on the Sickipedia website on January 30, 2012: "My doctor said I need to do something that gets me out of the pub. So I've started…

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

“My dream is to eat at the little table that comes on top of pizza” (meme)

A "pizza saver" (also called a "pizza table" or "pizza stool") is a small plastic table-like object in the middle of a pizza in a pizza box, to prevent the lid from…

September 26, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My father walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." One version -- an anti-joke -- is: "A man walked into a bar...and stayed there for the…

October 13, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My favorite food is anything I don’t have to shop for or cook”

A "favorite meal" for many people is one that they don't have to prepare. "My favorite food is anything someone else cooks for me!" was posted on Jungle Red Writers on May…

October 13, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My favorite food is anything I don’t have to shop for, purchase, carry in the house, put away, or cook”

A "favorite meal" for many people is one that they don't have to prepare. "My favorite food is anything someone else cooks for me!" was posted on Jungle Red Writers on May…

August 22, 2015
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“My favorite garden is the beer garden”

The word "garden" usually evokes images of plants, such as tomato plants. "My favorite garden is the beer garden" is a jocular saying that has become popular on Twitter.…

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