There is no “cab” in “cabbage,” but there are jokes.
“What do taxi drivers eat for dinner? Corned beef and cab-bage” was posted on Twitter by Top 6 Podcast on April 20, 2021. “What do Irish taxi drivers eat? Corned beef and cab-bage” was posted on Twitter by Jason Edson on April 24, 2021. “What do taxi drivers eat? cabbage” was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on October 30, 2021.
“Cabbage: the age of a taxi” is a related joke.
Twitter
Top 6 Podcast
@top6pod
Hey pot heads… What do taxi drivers eat for dinner? Corned beef and cab-bage. #WeedLovers #Happy420
1:30 PM · Apr 20, 2021·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Jason Edson
@JasonSEdson
Replying to @JasonSEdson and @RantyAmyCurtis
What do you call a hamburger in space?
A meat-eor
What do Irish taxi drivers eat?
Corned beef and cab-bage
What do trees put on their salads?
Branch dressing
Why didn’t the mummy have any friends?
He was too wrapped up in himself
1:32 PM · Apr 24, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/caverypca October 30, 2021
What do taxi drivers eat?
cabbage
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