“I read the instructions on a ready meal lasagne. It said, ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film.’ Most boring home movie ever”

The frozen food instructions “remove cardboard sleeve and film” doesn’t mean to film the dish, but there are jokes.
 
“‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film’, so I did. My ready meal is now up on YouTube” was posted on X/Twitter by The Real Bamber on December 21, 2011. “Just having a microwave lasagna. The packaging said: ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film’. It had to be the most boring video ever made on a phone” was posted on X/Twitter by Nope, It’s Gone on January 12, 2019. The Guardian (London, UK) on February 7, 2022, credited the joke “remove cardboard sleeve and film” to English comedian Milton Jones.
 
 
Wikipedia: Milton Jones
Milton Hywel Jones (born 16 May 1964) is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and was a recurring guest panellist on Mock the Week.
 
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The Real Bamber
@TheRealBamber
‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film’, so I did.
My ready meal is now up on YouTube.
9:19 AM · Dec 21, 2011
 
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Andrew
@YawnThePost
Instructions on a microwave meal: “remove cardboard sleeve and film”. Who’s got time for all that?
10:13 AM · Nov 27, 2012
 
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Steve Smith
@GiftedDuck
Instructions for tea: “Remove cardboard sleeve and film lid.” Done that. Now what? Put it on YouTube?
12:22 PM · Nov 22, 2013
 
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Chris
@cjhancock
Tesco Turkey Joint instructions say “Remove cardboard sleeve and film lid”. How long do I keep filming it for?
1:15 PM · Dec 11, 2013
 
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Russell Bramley
@RussellBramley
Remove cardboard sleeve and film, it said. Well I’ve been filming this ready meal for 20 mins and it’s not getting any hotter.
4:46 PM · Sep 26, 2016
   
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Nope, It’s Gone
@Joust_A_Minute
Just having a microwave lasagna. The packaging said: ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film’.
It had to be the most boring video ever made on a phone.
1:21 PM · Jan 12, 2019
     
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Christopher Paddock
April 21, 2019 at 6:14 PM ·
I made a microwave dinner for lunch. The instructions said “remove cardboard sleeve and film”.
Most boring movie I ever made.
 
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Frankie Longshanks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸
@42Longdon
Just having a microwave lasagna. The packaging said: ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film’.
It had to be the most boring video ever made on a phone.
3:14 PM · Mar 9, 2020
   
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Drivelcast
@drivelcast
Every time I cook a ready-meal, I follow the instructions. ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film lid’. But it never says what to do with the video afterwards.
6:48 AM · Apr 12, 2020
     
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Col Carrick
May 5, 2021 at 12:15 PM ·
Friend of mine just showed me 3 hours of video of raw chicken in sauce. At the end I asked him why. He said the instructions were “remove cardboard sleeve and film”.
🤣🤣🤣
   
7 February 2022, The Guardian (London, UK). “Milton Jones review – nothing is as it seems in this brain-warping cartoon comedy” by Brian Logan, pg. ?:
The twisty little lexical tricks just keep coming, one figure-of-speech after another (“I don’t know how some people sleep at night”; “Remove cardboard sleeve and film”) plunging into the vacuum left after Jones tugs their foundations out from under them.
 
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Paul Dunn
@PaulCDunnEsq
I bought a lasagna yesterday. The instructions said ‘remove cardboard sleeve and film’.  The most bloody boring movie I’ve ever watched.
12:27 PM · Jun 30, 2022
 
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Mike Bodnar
@mikebodnar_uk
Packaging that says: Remove cardboard sleeve and film. How long am I supposed to video the thing for???
9:22 AM · Nov 5, 2022
 
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Trevor Scott
November 25, 2022 at 1:24 PM ·
Remove cardboard sleeve and film…
Courtesy of the inimitable Milton Jones
🤣🤣🤣
(Video is shown. - - ed.)
   
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Briefcase Michael
@BriefcaseMike
Whenever I’m having a ready meal as I am tonight I shall think of Milton Jones:
“It said ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film’. It was the most boring video I’ve ever made.” 😆
12:38 PM · May 9, 2024
 
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Komedia Bath
August 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM ·
Milton Jones - king of one liners - will be heading back to Komedia Bath for not one, but TWO nights in February 2025!
(From Milton Jones video: “First day I went in, picked up a lasagna and read remove cardboard sleeve and film. To this day is the most boring video I ever made.”)
   
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Kevin & Trevor
@KevinandTrevor
I read the instructions on a ready meal lasagne. It said, ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film.’
Most boring home movie ever.
5:22 AM · Nov 29, 2024
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
I read the instructions on a ready meal lasagne. It said, ‘Remove cardboard sleeve and film.’
Most boring home movie ever.
2:38 AM · Nov 30, 2024