“What do we want?”/ “[X]”/ “When do we want it”/ “Now!” is a popular protest chant. “After Eight” is a brand of mint chocolate thins.
“What do we want? A cure for chocolate addiction. When do we want it? After eight” was posted on Twitter by Ade (and others) on October 28, 2011. The joke is also shown on this image.
“What do we want? A box of chocolates. When do we want it? After eight” was posted on Sickipedia on December 5, 2021.
Wikipedia: After Eight
After Eight Mint Chocolate Thins, often referred to as simply “After Eights”, are a brand of mint chocolate covered sugar confectionery. They were created by Rowntree Company Limited in the UK in 1962 and have been manufactured by Nestlé since its acquisition of Rowntree in 1988.
Twitter
Ade
@ade_rumbold
What do we want? A cure for chocolate addiction. When do we want it? After eight.
1:34 PM · Oct 28, 2011·TweetDeck
Twitter
MATT MOLTISANTI
@TheMattDean
What do we want? A cure for chocolate addiction. When do we want it? After eight.
3:32 PM · Oct 28, 2011·TweetDeck
Twitter
ThatGuyToli
@ThatGuyToli
What do we want?
A cure for chocolate addiction.
When do we want it?
After eight.
#tolijokes
3:57 PM · Oct 28, 2011·TweetDeck
Twitter
Chris Watts
@BrutusWatts
What do we want?!
A cure for chocolate addiction!!
When do we want it?!
After eight!!
3:38 AM · Nov 6, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Paul Mansell
@pmanselldriving
What do we want?
A cure for chocolate addiction.
When do we want it?
After eight.
3:48 AM · Jun 13, 2017·Facebook
Twitter
Ricky ‘Aggro’
@rvc86
What do we want ?
A cure for chocolate addiction
When do we want it ?
After Eight
2:32 PM · Oct 28, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
David John Jones
@jonesdave208
What do we want? A cure for chocolate addiction.
When do we want it?
After eight.
1:24 PM · Nov 29, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Sickipedia
What do we want ?
A box of chocolates
When do we want it?
After eight
Joke by moonfleet in Jokes With No Home - Random · December 5, 2021 06:53 PM
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
What do we want ?
A box of chocolates
When do we want it?
After eight
6:40 PM · Dec 5, 2021·Twitter Web App (posted after the above.—ed.)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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