“When I was young, I had everything handed to me on a plate. Soup was a nightmare”

The expression to “have life handed on a silver platter/plate” means to be given the best things, without having to work very hard. The expression is usually not taken literally, but there are jokes.
 
“When I was younger, I had everything handed to me on a plate. Soup was a nightmare” was posted on X/Twitter by Mike Sullivan on December 5, 2011. “RT @sickipediabot: When I was younger I had everything handed to me on a plate… Soup was a nightmare” was posted on X/Twitter by Ali Maynard James on December 5, 2011. The joke probably originated on the Sickipedia website.
 
“When I a kid, everything was handed to me on a silver platter ...  Soup was a nightmare” was posted on X/Twitter by Dennis Williams on October 24, 2015. “When I was young I had everything handed to me on a plate; soup was a nightmare!” was posted on X/Twitter by David Wade on March 13, 2016. “When I was young I had everything handed to me on a plate. Soup was a nightmare” was posted on Facebook by Mel Menelaou on June 23, 2023.
 
 
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Mike Sullivan
@MikeTheRelic
When I was younger, I had everything handed to me on a plate. Soup was a nightmare.
7:06 AM · Dec 5, 2011
   
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Paul Kelly
@Nobbyfolk
When I was younger I had everything handed to me on a plate…
Soup was a nightmare.
7:06 AM · Dec 5, 2011
 
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Ross Lawson NOW ON BLUESKY
@Ross_Lawson
RT @MikeTheRelic: When I was younger, I had everything handed to me on a plate. Soup was a nightmare.
7:07 AM · Dec 5, 2011
 
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Onedanevans
@onedanevans
When I was younger I had everything handed to me on a plate…
Soup was a nightmare.
#Classics
8:48 AM · Dec 5, 2011
 
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Ali Maynard James
@AliMaynard
RT @sickipediabot: When I was younger I had everything handed to me on a plate…
Soup was a nightmare.
9:57 AM · Dec 5, 2011
 
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neil dantas
@neil_95
RT @sickipediabot: When I was younger I had everything handed to me on a plate…  Soup was a nightmare.
9:58 AM · Dec 5, 2011
     
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Kensington T. Gore
@Kensington_Gore
When I was young, I had everything handed to me on a plate. Soup was a bloody nightmare.
6:55 PM · Oct 31, 2014
     
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Dennis Williams
@maxetluc
When I a kid, everything was handed to me on a silver platter ...
Soup was a nightmare.
8:43 PM · Oct 24, 2015
 
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David Wade
@ThinkSlimBeSlim
‘When I was young I had everything handed to me on a plate; soup was a nightmare! My Amazon page: http://ow.ly/ZoHpW #Norwich #Norfolk
8:10 AM · Mar 13, 2016
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I hated my life when I was young.
I had everything handed to me on a plate.
Soup was a fucking nightmare.
7:04 PM · Mar 24, 2019
     
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Jacqui
@Jrc3799
I hated being a rich kid. I had everything given to me on a silver plate…..
Soup was a nightmare
5:24 PM · Mar 11, 2023
 
Facebook
Mel Menelaou
June 23, 2023 at 2:43 PM ·
When I was young I had everything handed to me on a plate.
Soup was a nightmare.
😙😉😑😬🙄🫠
 
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
When I was young I had everything handed to me on a plate.
Soup was a nightmare.
2:23 AM · Jan 5, 2025