“A giraffe walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

“A guy walks into a bar…”  is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” A giraffe version was cited in 1993:
 
“A giraffe walks into a bar and says, ‘High balls on me!’”
   
A different punchline was used in 2006:
 
“A giraffe walks into a bar and the bartender asks, anyway. Do you want a longneck? The giraffe replies, Do I have a choice?”
 
“A giraffe walks into a bar and the barman says, ‘I’m sorry, we don’t serve Heineken here’” and “A giraffe walks into a bar. Giraffes aren’t good at playing limbo” are other giraffe versions.
   
       
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a shorter, funnier joke!!
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12/14/93
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A giraffe walks into a bar and says, “High balls on me!”
       
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Favorite Joke - Not Tasteless
I LOVE CONNIE !!!!!!!
2/12/95
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> Giraffe walks into a bar and says, “The hiballs are on me!...
 
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The Bar
Michael Coan
9/13/95
Giraffe walks into a bar and announces:
“The highballs are on me!”
   
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wanted:man-horse-duck walks into a bar jokes
Lynn M Wiegard
5/19/95
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A giraffe walks into a bar.  The bartender says, go outside, the drinks are on the house.
 
Two giraffes walk into a bar.  The bartender asks, “What’ll you have?” and they reply, “Give us two tall ones.”
 
Google Books
Guy Walks Into A Bar…:
501 Bar Jokes, Stories, Anecdotes, Quips, Quotes, Riddles and Wisecracks
By Michael Lewis
New York, NY: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
2006
Pg. 92:
A giraffe walks into a bar and the bartender asks, anyway. Do you want a longneck? The giraffe replies, Do I have a choice?
 
Twitter
Brian Herman
‏@brianherman
Your daily groan: A giraffe walks into a bar & orders a beer. Bartender says “Do you want a long neck?”  Giraffe says, “Do I have a choice?”
9:54 AM - 15 Oct 2008
 
Google Books
The Best ‘A Man Walks Into A Bar’ Jokes
By Billy Brownless
Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin
2009
Pg. 86:
A giraffe walks into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Do you want a long neck?’ The giraffe says, ‘Do I have a choice?’
 
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A GIRAFFE WALKS INTO A BAR
mightyjoe
5/6/12
Bartender:  “Why the long neck?”
Giraffe:  “Just put the drink on the ceiling, a-hole.”
 
YouTube
Jokes - A giraffe walks into a bar, looks around, and says, “Well guys, I guess the highballs are on
jokesus
Published on Oct 5, 2015
Joke :
A giraffe walks into a bar, looks around, and says, “Well guys, I guess the highballs are on me!”
   
Thrillist
38 NEW “ANIMAL WALKS INTO A BAR” JOKES, BECAUSE PUNS ARE AWESOME
By DAVID BLEND @daveblend
PUBLISHED ON 10/26/2015
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A giraffe walks into a bar. Bartender says, “How about a long neck?”