I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

Meaning of the quote

The quote suggests that when the comedian put instant coffee in a microwave oven, the experience was so strange and unexpected that it felt like he had traveled back in time. This is meant to be a humorous and imaginative way of describing how the microwave reacted with the instant coffee, creating an unusual and surprising effect.

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My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It’s in the apartment somewhere.

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My neighbor has a circular driveway… he can’t get out.

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George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge… you can’t hear him talk.

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I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out.

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Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.

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If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

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If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?

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I bought some batteries, but they weren’t included.

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I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I’m gone.

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I invented the cordless extension cord.

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If God dropped acid, would he see people?

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I got this powdered water – now I don’t know what to add.

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I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.

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At one point he decided enough was enough.

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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.

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Babies don’t need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach… it pisses me off! I’ll go over to a little baby and say ‘What are you doing here? You haven’t worked a day in your life!’

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I got a chain letter by fax. It’s very simple. You just fax a dollar bill to everybody on the list.

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I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn’t park anywhere near the place.

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Don’t you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night.

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Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.

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I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, ‘Hey, the sign says you’re open 24 hours.’ He said, ‘Yes, but not in a row.’

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My friend has a baby. I’m recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.

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There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

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I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake-up letter.

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I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn’t have to go so fast.

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When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, “Well, what do you need?”

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The other day I… uh, no, that wasn’t me.

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My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.

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If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?

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I’m writing an unauthorized autobiography.

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If you can’t hear me, it’s because I’m in parentheses.

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I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second.

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You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?

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Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

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I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I’m home now. But leave a message and I’ll call when I’m out.

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Hermits have no peer pressure.

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A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths.

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