Waiters ask how a diner would like a steak to be cooked, such as “rare” or “medium” or “well done.” A joke on this was published by John Wagner’s Maxine comic illustration in “Crabby Road” on January 22, 2013:
   
“Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my steak, I always say ‘free.’”
 
The saying was posted on Facebook by Tracy Truett at 8:00 PM on January 21, 2013, and again on Facebook by Frank Piccola at 8:46 PM on January 21, 2013. Despite this timing discrepancy, the Maxine comic appears to be the original source of the joke.
 
   
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Tracy Truett
January 21, 2013 at 8:00 PM ·
Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my steak, I always say “free.”
 
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Frank Piccola
January 21, 2013 at 8:46 PM ·
Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my steak, I always say “free.”
   
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Gail Taylor
January 29, 2015 at 5:12 PM ·
Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my steak, I always say “free”.
~ Maxine
   
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Bill Mcclelland
October 11, 2021 at 6:55 PM ·
Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my steak, I always say “Free”
 
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Lois Stayton
January 23, 2022 at 8:55 AM ·
MAXINE: Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my steak, I always say “FREE”.
     
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20 sep 2023
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Whenever a waiter asks me how I want my food, I always say ‘Free’.
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Umm E Hani
March 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM ·
(The following is shown on a comic illustration, “Maxine’s Crabby Road,” at Maxine.com, date January 22, 2013.—ed.)
Whenever a waiter asks
me how I want my steak,
I always say “free.”