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I Spent 5 Minutes Confused Looking For A Non-Existent Tom From A Sandwich Note

This meme features a top text caption above a real photo of a handwritten note attached to a sandwich order. The top text explains the poster spent 5 minutes trying to work out who a person named Tom was, and what his onion picking skills had to do with their sandwich. The handwritten note in the photo has extremely messy handwriting: the actual requested sandwich toppings are Mustard, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle, Onion, but the handwriting is so illegible it reads as 'Must, lett, Tom, pick, onion' to the reader, leading to the absurd misunderstanding that the note references a real person named Tom who picks onions for the sandwich. The humor comes from the relatable experience of misreading messy handwriting and coming to a ridiculous, unfounded conclusion.
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I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out who Tom is, and what his onion picking skills have to do with my sandwich

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This meme features a top text caption above a real photo of a handwritten note attached to a sandwich order. The top text explains the poster spent 5 minutes trying to work out who a person named Tom was, and what his onion picking skills had to do with their sandwich. The handwritten note in the photo has extremely messy handwriting: the actual requested sandwich toppings are Mustard, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle, Onion, but the handwriting is so illegible it reads as 'Must, lett, Tom, pick, onion' to the reader, leading to the absurd misunderstanding that the note references a real person named Tom who picks onions for the sandwich. The humor comes from the relatable experience of misreading messy handwriting and coming to a ridiculous, unfounded conclusion.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, sourced via an RSS feed. The original post title is 'Why did I think Tom was real 😭'. It is a user-created original meme sharing the poster's personal funny real-life experience misreading a takeout sandwich order note.

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