“Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?”

“Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?” is a humorous question that has appeared on many joke lists since at least 1999. One answer is that the question states something that is not necessarily true—not all kinds of lemon juice have artificial flavor, and not all kinds of dishwashing liquid have real lemons. Artificial flavor might improve the taste of lemon juice, but no one would ever put “artificial flavor” in something not meant to be drunk or eaten.
 
     
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CARLINISMS FOR THE MILENNIUM
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Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
 
The Jewish Magazine
from the December 1999 Edition of the Jewish Magazine
“Life’s Little Mysteries”
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Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dish-washing liquid made with real lemons?
 
Google Books
Net-Wit.Com:
A Smorgasbord of E-Mail and Internet Wit Blended With Humorous Incidents from the Author’s Wild and Wooly Life
By Marvin Rubinstein
Rockville, MD: Schreiber Pub.
2000
Pg. 154:
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
 
24 January 2000, Miami (FL) Herald, pg. 1B
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
 
30 March 2000, Daily Globe (Ironwood, MI), Porcupine Press, pg. 3 banner:
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, an dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?
 
Casino City Times
21 Questions to Ponder
27 December 2001
By Walter Thomason
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2. Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, while dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?
 
Google Books
Jokes, Quotes, And Other Assorted Things
By Stephen Motway
Xlibris Corp
2011
Pg. 327:
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?