“Croissant” sounds a bit like “cross aunt.” “Yes, if we were in Paris, we’d deserve a French Toast.”/“And if our uncle’s wife got mad at us, we’d have a cross aunt” was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on January 29, 1998.
“Took my mom’s sister to the bakery. She hated it. She such a cross aunt” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on September 24, 2017. “My dad’s sister works in a Paris bakery and hates it. She’s a cross aunt” was posted on Twitter by The Dad Joke Man on February 26, 2019.
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Pancakes
Doug Russell
1/29/98
(...)
>Yes, if we were in Paris, we’d deserve a French Toast.
And if our uncle’s wife got mad at us,
we’d have a cross aunt.
Twitter
Audioist™ ✖️
@Audioist
..more coffee. and a cross aunt.
3:48 AM - 13 Jul 2010
Twitter
B-Better HipHop Org.
@BBetter
RT @big_titz_uk: What do you call a French uncle’s angry French wife? A cross aunt. // Brehehheheh
5:48 PM - 15 Mar 2011
Twitter
warren
@tumour
Replying to @EilisPhillips
@EilisPhillips My dad’s sister gets really angry when I steal flaky pastry treats from her house. She’s a Cross Aunt. #sorry
3:46 AM - 25 Dec 2011
Twitter
Without Equivocation
@EquivocateNot
“My cross aunt always orders a croissant.”
7:24 PM - 28 Nov 2012
Twitter
Jaz
@jazmasta
Sometimes (for a joke) I tell my mom’s sister she’s ugly then I put her on the table and say “who wants a cross aunt for breakfast?”
5:28 PM - 1 Oct 2014
Twitter
Johnny Murph
@ItsJohnnyMurph
My Dad’s sister worked in a boulangerie. She was a very angry woman. My cross aunt! #murphpun365 #punchallange #comedy
3:25 PM - 10 Jan 2017 from Egham, South East
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/PaxPaw September 24, 2017
Took my mom’s sister to the bakery. She hated it.
She such a cross aunt.
Twitter
Dad Jokes by dadbot
@dadbot2000
Took my mom’s sister to the bakery. She hated it. She such a cross aunt. http://ift.tt/2hs3aLV
6:29 PM - 24 Sep 2017
Twitter
The Concept Of Evil
@concept_of_evil
Replying to @EssexBuccaneer
I like to have an expresso with my cross aunt.
7:04 AM - 19 Feb 2019
Twitter
🤣 The Dad Joke Man 😉
@DadJokeMan
My dad’s sister works in a Paris bakery and hates it.
She’s a cross aunt…
3:06 AM - 26 Feb 2019
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