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September 9, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table…” (bar joke)

According to one popular bar joke, a man enters a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table. "Nice legs!" he says. "Do you really think so?" she asks him. "Definitely.…

April 29, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar and sees a gorgeous woman…” (bar joke)

A popular lawyer joke has a man go into a bar, where he sees a smartly dressed woman. The woman looks at him and says, "Listen! I'll screw anybody, any time, anywhere, your place, my…

April 29, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man walks into a bar and sees a smartly dressed woman…” (lawyer joke)

A popular lawyer joke has a man go into a bar, where he sees a smartly dressed woman. The woman looks at him and says, "Listen! I'll screw anybody, any time, anywhere, your place, my…

August 25, 2015
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“A man walks into a bar carrying an octopus…” (bagpipes joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." "A guy walks into a bar with an octopus..." is a popular off-color bar joke that…

January 12, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar wearing a tie fastener…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A tie fastener version is: "A man walks into a bar wearing a tie fastener. The barman…

July 12, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar with a gun…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A popular sex joke version is: A guy walks into a bar with a gun, looks around, and shouts,…

January 13, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar with a newt…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A newt version is: A man walks into a bar with a newt on his shoulder. The barman says,…

July 17, 2014
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm…” (bar joke)

"One for the road" usually means that a person wants a drink at the bar before commencing on a long journey (such as on a train or an airplane, or a car that he or she is not driving). A…

August 7, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar. His alcoholism problem is destroying his family” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." An anti-joke of the bar joke is: "A man walks into a bar. His alcoholism problem is…

July 24, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar… and stays there my entire childhood” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." One version -- an anti-joke -- is: "A man walked into a bar...and stayed there for the…

March 1, 2009
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar…” (bar jokes)

Bar jokes have existed probably as long as bars have existed. In the 1950s, the jokes began with animals (such as a dog or a kangaroo) coming into a bar and asking for a drink. By the 1970s, the…

April 16, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a bar…lucky bastard” (bar joke, told during COVID-19 bar closures)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." However, during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, most bars were closed. The joke was:…

August 25, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man walks into a library and asks if there are any books on poor eyesight…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." Sometimes the bar joke is mixed with a library joke. "A man walks into a library and…

April 14, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man walks into a Soviet shop and asks, ‘You don’t have any meat?’” (scarcity joke)

A joke is told about food shortages in the Soviet Union. A person walks into a meat shop and says, "I suppose you don't have any fish?" A person who works there corrects him and…

April 30, 2023
Transportation

“A man was seriously injured today after being run over by a reversing car….” (joke)

Police often ask for someone involved in an incident to "come forward" -- that is, to talk to the police. "Come forward" is meant literally in some "reversing car"…

January 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“A man went into a library and asked, ‘Do you have any books on shelves?’” (joke)

A popular library joke has a man ask a librarian a simple -- but misunderstood -- question. “I was doing some DIY at home, so I went to the library and said, `Have you got any books on……

January 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“A man went into a library and asked, ‘Do you have any books on shelving?’” (joke)

A popular library joke has a man ask a librarian a simple -- but misunderstood -- question. “I was doing some DIY at home, so I went to the library and said, `Have you got any books on……

July 13, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“A man with authority walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." One version is: "A man with authority walks into a bar. Order everyone a round…

November 4, 2012
Work/Businesses

“A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two is never sure”

The San Diego (CA) Union originated in September 1930 what would become a popular business proverb: "Confusion. -- Retail jewelers assert that every man should carry two watches. But a man…

April 28, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“A man without a government is like a fish without a bicycle”

"A man without a government is like a fish without a bicycle" is a saying that has been printed on many images, usually credited to Alvaro Koplovich. "A woman without a man is like a…

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