“If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?”

“If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?” is a humorous saying, dating to at least February 1998. Other spellings are “If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?” and “If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry?” The joke centers on pasta and “anti-pasta” (against pasta), but “antipasto” means the course “before pasta.”
 
The saying has been credited to comedian Geroge Carlin (1937-2008) since 1999, but the website GeorgeCarlin.com states that the joke (one of several in joke lists attributed to Carlin) is not George Carlin’s.
   
   
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Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary
Main Entry: an·ti·pas·to
Pronunciation: \ˌan-tē-ˈpas-(ˌ)tō, ˌän-tē-, -ˈpäs-\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ti\-(ˌ)tē\
Etymology: Italian, from anti- (from Latin ante-) + pasto food, from Latin pastus, from pascere to feed — more at food
Date: 1590
: any of various typically Italian hors d’oeuvres; also : a plate of these served especially as the first course of a meal
 
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From: “/\\/\\arKo : .”
Date: 1998/02/25
Subject: If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?
 
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From: “Todd Desiato”
Date: 1998/07/30
Subject: Pasta
 
If I eat Pasta, then eat Antipasti will I still be hungry?
 
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22 December 1998, The Dispatch (Lexington, NC), pg. 6B, col. 3:
Uncredited on the Net. “If you ate pasta and antipasto. would you still be hungry?”
 
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1 February 1999, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, pg. 3B, col. 2:
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3 March 1999, Plainview (TX) Daily Herald:
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12 August 1999, Charlotte (NC) Observer, pg. 4E:
If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
 
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From: “Tiger Lily”

Date: 1999/09/20
Subject: Philosophy of George Carlin (Patch Adams)
 
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44. If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?