“Eight bytes walk into a bar…” (bar joke)
“A guy walks into a bar…” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” A progammer version is:
“Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, ‘Can I get you anything?’ ‘Yeah,’ reply the bytes. ‘Make us a double.’”
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2008 and has been printed on many images.
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matej logar
May 17, 2008, 2:49:01 AM
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Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?”
“Yeah,” reply the bytes. “Make us a double.”
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Boky
@bokysan
Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?”
“Yeah,” reply the bytes. “Make us a double.”
4:11 PM · Nov 25, 2008
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David Precious
@lamejokes
Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?” “Yeah,” reply the bytes. “Make us a double.”
3:00 PM · Feb 6, 2009
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PL/I for windows
Bill Buckels
May 7, 2009, 8:39:57 PM
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Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?”
“Yeah,” reply the bytes. “Make us a double.”
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George Ramos
@GeorgeWRamos
Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?”
“Yeah,” reply the bytes. “Make us a double.”
2:06 PM · May 20, 2009
Infagistics
Developer Humor: Eight Bytes Walk Into A Bar
Dara Monasch / Thursday, April 4, 2013
(The following is shown on a comic illustration.—ed.)
(Bartender—ed.) CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING?
(Eight bytes—ed.) YEAH, MAKE US A DOUBLE.
Dartmouth Folklore Archive (November 12, 2016)
Item:
“Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?”
“Yeah,” reply the bytes. “Make us a double.””
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Informant’s Comments:
A byte is a unit of information. So a double is anything with a decimal point in it. To store a double on the computer, you need 8 bytes of information.
Collector’s Comments:
This joke can be classified as verbal folklore. Furthermore, one can identify this joke as a form of riddle because it incorporates a comparison between a “double” in terms of alcohol, which is essentially two times the amount of alcohol, and a “double” in computer science terms, which is a reference to numbers containing a decimal point.
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0xdevshm
@0xdevshm
Eight bytes walk into a bar.
The bartender asks, “Can I get you anything?”
“Yeah,” reply the bytes.
“Make us a double.”
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5:03 PM · Dec 7, 2024
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short jokes
@short_funnys
Eight bytes walk into a bar. The bartender asks, ‘Can I get you anything?’ ‘Yeah,’ replies the bytes. ‘Make us a double.’
12:00 PM · Dec 11, 2024