22. American tin + carried out + consumed = someone running for office
From Quiz Put Them Together They Spell........
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candidate
In the United Kingdom, a metal container in which foods are preserved is called a tin; in the United States it is called a CAN. (See below for an unrelated anecdote.) If someone has carried out an activity, they DID it. And if they then consumed something (maybe from a can?) they ATE it.
A CANDIDATE is someone who is seeking election or appointment, or who has been proposed to be approved for an appointment. The word has its origins in the Latin word 'candidatus', meaning white-robed. It referred to the especially white toga (perhaps whitened with chalk to make it shine white) worn by Romans who were seeking office, to indicate the purity of their hearts.
An example of a joke that does not transfer across the Atlantic, which I recall being told in my childhood:
The English tourist was very impressed with the size of the harvest on a farm he visited, and said so to the farmer. The farmer replied, "We eat what we can, and what we can't we can." On his return home, the tourist attempted to regal his friends with this joke, but just got confused looks when he delivered the punchline, "We eat what we can, and what we can't we tin."
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