“Grated on a curve” is a cheesy pun for “graded on a curve.” “Cheeses cripes! I didn’t do so gouda-n that quiz. Hope it’s grated on a curve” was posted on Twitter by Tim Goral on October 7, 2009. “I think my cheese was grated on a curve” was posted on Twitter by Brian Kennedy VIII on November 5, 2012.
“Cheese wheels are grated on a curve” was posted on Twitter by “why?” on August 28, 2014. “Our cooking teacher gave us a notice about the part of our upcoming exam where we’d be working with cheese wheels… ‘It’ll be grated on a curve’” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on December 14, 2020.
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Tim Goral
@timgoral
@EduCommAVguy @pogue Cheeses cripes! I didn’t do so gouda-n that quiz. Hope it’s grated on a curve. http://bit.ly/QwChX
3:56 PM · Oct 7, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Brian Kennedy VIII
@EcuadorBound
I think my cheese was grated on a curve.
8:59 PM · Nov 5, 2012·Twitter SMS
Twitter
why?
@knot_eye
Cheese wheels are grated on a curve.
5:02 PM · Aug 28, 2014·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Daniel Ada
@DanielAda1960
Cheese wheels are grated on a curve.
4:49 AM · Sep 2, 2014·Facebook
Twitter
Anil Patil
@anil_patil01
Cheese wheels are grated on a curve.
7:56 PM · Oct 24, 2014·Namo App 2
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Dígame Concejal
@RSGAT
A law professor gave up teaching to open an Italian restaurant where all the silverware and kitchen implements were purposely warped and misshapen. Even the fresh parmesan cheese was grated on a curve.
10:35 PM · Apr 19, 2019·Twitter for Android
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Seth Cotlar
@SethCotlar
Replying to @KevinMKruse and @jbf1755
Say what you will, but when it comes to my bad puns, people edam up. But perhaps I’m just being grated on a curve.
6:27 PM · Sep 19, 2019·Twitter Web App
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/TheMightyBattleSquid December 14, 2020
Our cooking teacher gave us a notice about the part of our upcoming exam where we’d be working with cheese wheels…
“It’ll be grated on a curve.”
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