The stock market doesn’t sell chicken stock, but there’s a joke:
“Do you know where you can get chicken broth in bulk? The stock market.”
“To me, stock market means I’m in the grocery looking for chicken broth” was posted on Twitter on November 4, 2010. “You know where you can get chicken broth in bulk? The stock market” was posted on Twitter on December 13, 2013.
“I see the price of Oxo cubes has shot up again. The stock market’s gone crazy,” “The only stock options I have are chicken and beef,” “I started investing in stocks: beef, chicken, and vegetable. One day, I hope to be a bouillonaire” and “I went to the store to buy chicken broth, but they said they were out of stock” are related “stock” jokes.
Twitter
Tony Purtscher
@tonymister
To me, stock market means I’m in the grocery looking for chicken broth.
7:08 PM - 4 Nov 2010
Twitter
grantham ▲kerlγ
@GranthamAkerly
@jphil34 you know where you can get chicken broth in bulk?
The stock market.
8:42 PM - 13 Dec 2013
Twitter
Bryanna Lindsey
@glittervelocity
I found out about a place you can buy chicken broth in bulk. The stock market!
8:07 AM - 28 May 2014
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Where is the best place to buy chicken broth?
submitted November 1, 2015 by potatoboy247
at the stock market
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