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When Someone Says 'Put Music on the Menu' and This Happens

The meme consists of two main parts: a dialogue section and a visual element. The dialogue at the top features three lines of conversation: 'hey, we should put some music on the front of our menu,' 'okay, what should I use?,' and 'eh, whatever's probably fine.' Below the dialogue is a photograph of the front of a menu for 'Amadeus Cafe,' which includes a line of musical notation printed on it. The humor arises from the literal interpretation of the instruction to 'put music on the menu,' where instead of selecting background music, the menu designer added actual sheet music notation to the menu's front.
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Dialogue

Speaker 1
hey, we should put some music on the front of our menu
Speaker 2
okay, what should I use?
Speaker 1
eh, whatever's probably fine

Text content

Amadeus Cafe with musical notation on the menu front

Overview

The meme consists of two main parts: a dialogue section and a visual element. The dialogue at the top features three lines of conversation: 'hey, we should put some music on the front of our menu,' 'okay, what should I use?,' and 'eh, whatever's probably fine.' Below the dialogue is a photograph of the front of a menu for 'Amadeus Cafe,' which includes a line of musical notation printed on it. The humor arises from the literal interpretation of the instruction to 'put music on the menu,' where instead of selecting background music, the menu designer added actual sheet music notation to the menu's front.

Origin notes

The image is identified as a meme from Reddit (as indicated by the source 'Reddit:Meme'). It appears to be a user-created composition, likely combining text dialogue (added above the photograph) with a real or staged image of a cafe menu. The musical notation on the menu is presumably either part of the original menu design or edited in for comedic effect, emphasizing the literal take on the instruction to incorporate music into the menu.

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