“My father worked ten hours a day to put food on the table. Great dad, very slow cook”

“My father worked ten hours a day to put food on the table. Great dad, very slow cook” is a joke that was posted on X/Twitter by Mark Simmons on February 13, 2020. The joke is that “worked ten hours a day to put food on the table” usually means working long hours at a job to get money to afford to buy food—not literally preparing and cooking food for all those hours.
 
There is also a “mother” version of the joke. “My mom worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table. Great Mom but a really slow cook” was posted on Facebook by Dawn Allestad Schull on October 9, 2020.
 
   
X/Twitter
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@JokesWithMark
My father worked ten hours a day to put food on the table.
Great dad, very slow cook
8:45 AM · Feb 13, 2020
   
Facebook
Amblers Lane Ambler
May 15, 2020 at 2:24 PM ·
My father worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table. Ahh he was a Great dad, but a very slow cook!!.. 🤪🤣
 
Facebook
Andy Ball
May 16, 2020 at 10:59 AM ·
My father worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table. Ahh he was a Great dad, but a very slow cook!!.. 🤪🤣
 
X/Twitter
Dominic Hill
@South_DomH
My dad worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table.
Great dad
But a really slow cook
#sorrynotsorry
10:33 AM · Oct 9, 2020
 
Facebook
Dawn Allestad Schull
October 9, 2020 at 11:01 AM ·
My mom worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table. Great Mom but a really slow cook.
 
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Howard Jacobson
@howardjacobson
My dad worked 12 hours a day just to put food on the table. Great dad but a really slow cook
8:11 AM · Oct 10, 2020 from Cardiff, Wales
       
X/Twitter
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@BigBearF1
My dad worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table.
Great dad
But a really slow cook.
11:53 AM · Oct 12, 2020
   
X/Twitter
Alice Mills
@millsalice144
My mom worked ten hours a day to put food on the table. Great mom but a really slow cook.
2:16 AM · Feb 28, 2021
 
X/Twitter
KPMoore
@KPMoore8
My mom worked 10 hours to put food on the table.
Great mom, but a really slow cook! 😂😂
12:06 PM · Apr 16, 2022 from Dover, DE
 
X/Twitter
Mufasa007
@Mufasa0062
My wife works 10 hours a day to put food on the table for our family !!
Great Mom ... but a really slow cook.
3:53 AM · Oct 10, 2023
   
X/Twitter
Nigel
@N_of_Leigh
My mother worked 12 hours a day to put food on the table.
Lovely lady.
Really slow cook…
12:26 PM · Jul 21, 2024
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X/Twitter
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@BigBearF1
My dad worked 10 hours a day to put food on the table.
Great dad
But a really slow cook.
3:57 AM · Oct 15, 2024
 
X/Twitter
The King Of Common Cents
@Unclerodak
My Father used to work 12 hours a day to put food on the table. Heck of a guy, but a really really slow cook.
11:36 AM · Nov 7, 2024
 
X/Twitter
Jonathan Connor 📱➕🚘=❌
@JonathanConnor1
My Grandfather used to work 12 hours a day to put food on the table. Great guy, slow cook.
2:33 PM · Nov 7, 2024
 
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
My father worked 14 hours just to put food on the table.
Great man, really slow cook.
8:15 AM · Nov 10, 2024