# "There are green cupcakes in the kitchen"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 17, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701 "2009-03-17T00:15:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701/1 "2009-03-17T00:15:15Z")

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An email guaranteed to create an office stampede on St Patrick’s Day.

And they were rather yummy too.🙂

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701/2 "2009-03-17T00:52:55Z")

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Our grocery store bakery was selling green bread: regular old sliced white sandwich bread, only colored green.

How would you know when it goes bad? 😕

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701/3 "2009-03-17T01:54:40Z")

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It turns orange.

I keed, I keed. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701/4 "2009-03-17T06:59:39Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> It turns orange.

😃

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**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-green-cupcakes-in-the-kitchen/489701/5 "2009-03-17T08:28:03Z")

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Okay, I tried to make a joke involving a yellow dress and the break room sprinklers going off, but it’s not working. Anyone?