Subject: Food/Drink (Page 11)

Cookin’ With Coolio

In Scotland the forbidden fruit is fruit.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

When my mother had to get dinner for eight she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

Kidney: A complex organ used to convert beer into urine.

They say hot dogs can kill you; how do you know it’s not the bun?

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

My wife’s a bad cook; the other night, she fixed alphabet soup – it spelled out “Help!”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

This recipe is certainly silly; it says to separate two eggs, but it doesn’t say how far to separate them.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk; that will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

A luxury meal was prairie sandwiches – two slices of bread with wide-open spaces between them.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Alcohol… enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Coffee isn’t my cup of tea.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.

(1917 – 1995) singer, actor & comedian

A sandwich is an attempt to make both ends meat.

The reason it’s called “Grape Nuts” is that it … is catchier, in terms of marketing, than “A Cross Between Gerbil Food and Gravel,” which is what it tastes like.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The problem with some people is that when they aren’t drunk, they’re sober.

(1865 – 1939) Irish poet & politician

I love defenseless animals… especially in good gravy.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

English coffee tastes like water that has been squeezed out of a wet sleeve.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

It looks different when you're sober; I thought I had twice as much furniture.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

Woody: What’s the story Mr. Peterson?

Norm: The Bobbsey twins go to the brewery. Let’s cut to the happy ending.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.

(1877 – 1956) U.S. vice president & politician

Do you know what I love most about baseball? … the pine tar, the resin, the grass, the dirt… and that’s just in the hot dogs.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host