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Is your refrigerator running? (Original Post) Soph0571 Jul 2019 OP
:-) nt LAS14 Jul 2019 #1
lol. anyone but... Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #2
this is a actual restraunt in the state of washington, AllaN01Bear Jul 2019 #3
how so? barbtries Jul 2019 #4
It's a joke... Soph0571 Jul 2019 #5
the OP said "truth" barbtries Jul 2019 #6
Fair enough. I read it differently Soph0571 Jul 2019 #7
there ya go barbtries Jul 2019 #8
The joke is anybody or even anything is better than rump. It has nothing to do with the Dems. nt UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #20
how do you know that? nt barbtries Jul 2019 #22
The original joke DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #9
When I was a kid we used to call random moonscape Jul 2019 #11
I recall making similar relatively innocent prank calls as a kid. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #14
If my choices next November are my refrigerator or Trump, GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #10
Do you have Prince Albert in a can? lillypaddle Jul 2019 #12
Better let him out! DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #17
Hahaha cate94 Jul 2019 #13
A new take on a very old joke. PatrickforO Jul 2019 #15
Cute!❤ Karadeniz Jul 2019 #16
Kick and rec. n/t Different Drummer Jul 2019 #18
My favorite is...... a kennedy Jul 2019 #19
I hope America proves just how much they revile this 'man'. nt UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #21

AllaN01Bear

(18,216 posts)
3. this is a actual restraunt in the state of washington,
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:58 PM
Jul 2019
https://www.totemdiner.com/

https://www.totemdiner.com/our-history/
that was a usual prank call that ppl made in the 50's ". is your refrigerator running ? well youd better go and catch it." if my refer is running , id vote for it too also. great tagline .

barbtries

(28,794 posts)
6. the OP said "truth"
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 05:23 PM
Jul 2019

but the joke seemed to imply that there are no good candidates. i just disagree and find the joke unfunny.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
7. Fair enough. I read it differently
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 05:27 PM
Jul 2019

All things being equal even an inanimate object would be better than Trump. I saw it as slamming Trump, not the candidates for the nomination. Still do. But hey ho that is what makes life one rich tapestry

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
11. When I was a kid we used to call random
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 06:49 PM
Jul 2019

numbers and play this prank. Such a trusting era (50's) - we'd delight when the person who answered asked us to hold while they checked. Otherwise, they'd say a confused 'yes', we'd offer the punchline and hang up.

This was being a juvenile delinquent!

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
10. If my choices next November are my refrigerator or Trump,
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 06:03 PM
Jul 2019

I will not hesitate to vote for my refrigerator. Even if it hasn't been cleaned for a year, and is growing all kinds of unidentifiable molds and other things. Seriously. Any one of those molds is smarter and better than that syphilitic, orange maggot.

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