Pandemic pun

Of the hundreds of pandemic memes that come to me, this is one that I didn't fully understand when I first received it:

Here's the explanation (from Elizabeth Dreyer):

"pain de mie" is sliced bread as in sandwich bread, meaning most of the bread is "mie", the soft interior, as opposed to a baguette where there is a higher proportion of crust.   "pandémie" is pandemic in French.  voilà

Selected readings

• "Shifting valences of 'throwing the pot' in Chinese" (5/14/20)
• "Pandemic art" (4/11/20)
• "A novel lexicon for the novel coronavirus" (3/20/20)0
• "Novel transmission of the novel coronavirus" (3/15/20)
• "Spoofing the 'crisis meme" (3/3/20)