Did you know the food that was on the plane?
It was the bomb.
Did you know the food that was on the plane?
It was the bomb.
Listen up, buttercup. This joke plays on two meanings of the phrase "it was the bomb." First, it can mean the food was incredibly good, like a positive review. Second, and in the context of the Twin Towers, it literally refers to the planes used as weapons in the terrorist attacks. It's dark, but you probably already figured that out, you're not completely clueless.