“I work with animals (...) I’m a butcher”

A joke is that a person “works with animals”—and then it is revealed that this person is a butcher. “Best comment of the day…’‘I used to work with animals…Yhh I’m a butcher’” was posted on Twitter by André Hutchinson on December 14, 2010.
 
A joke was posted on Twitter by kuyaonin on September 11, 2016, and on Reddit—Jokes on September 26, 2016:
   
At a first date:
He: “I work with animals every day!”
She: “Oh how sweet! What is it that you do?”
He: “I’m a butcher.”

 
       
Twitter
André Hutchinson
@AndreHutchMUSIC
Best comment of the day…’‘I used to work with animals…Yhh I’m a butcher’‘
4:22 PM · Dec 14, 2010
   
Twitter
Georgina Freeborn
@groovyice123
“Didn’t get the grades to become a vet, so I became a butcher, I can still work with animals though….” http://tumblr.com/xd32836dmq
3:09 PM · Apr 22, 2011
   
Twitter
Dan M
@Dan_the_Butcher
The best part of being a butcher is telling hippies that I work with animals
1:16 PM · Jun 18, 2011
 
Twitter     
Dan M
@Dan_the_Butcher
Yo Universe, I know I said I wanted to work with animals but being a butcher wasnt quite what I had in mind.
1:39 PM · Sep 28, 2012
   
Twitter
c.thorn
@caseerole
Was telling a butcher meat troubles me, he said “I was at college & said I wanted to work with animals, so they got me a job in a butchers”
6:29 PM · Nov 19, 2012 from Sandwell, England
 
Twitter
Grangezilla
@ontherivertaff
@Liz_NessaAVFC @Ally_Bee01 @Welsh_Luke2002 I wanted to work with animals as well when I was younger…. so I became a butcher…..
1:16 PM · Nov 13, 2014
   
Twitter
Luke 🪐
@LukeWhosTalking
Replying to @IsMiseRobbo
@KingFlanno If someone asks say “I work with animals” & when they say “oh what do you do? Vet? Conservationist?”
“No, I’m a butcher”
7:00 PM · Feb 1, 2015
   
Twitter
kuyaonin
@onynn
At a first date:
He: “I work with animals every day!”
She: “Oh how sweet! What is it that you do?”
He: “I’m a butcher.”
:D
7:09 AM · Sep 11, 2016
   
Twitter
Marshall_CC
@_Content_Cop_
At a first date:
He: “I work with animals every day!”
She: “Oh how sweet! What is it that you do?”
He: “I’m a butcher.”
1:07 PM · Sep 13, 2016
 
Reddit—Jokes 
Posted by u/innovatexpress September 26, 2016
At a First Date Conversation
At a first date:
He: “I work with animals every day!”
She: “Oh how sweet! What is it that you do?”
He: “I’m a butcher.”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/MIAALEX01 November 24, 2016
Best friend hugs and getting called short
At a first date:
He: “I work with animals every day!”
She: “Oh how sweet! What is it that you do?”
He: “I’m a butcher.”
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/magnomizer February 3, 2017
Not quite what she was expecting…
Guy: I work with animals every day!
Girl: That’s so sweet! Are you a vet or a pet shop own-
Guy: I’m a butcher.
     
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/HellsJuggernaut April 12, 2019
I went on a date with a girl who said she loved animals.
I said, “I work with animals every day.”
She said, “That’s so sweet. What do you do?”
I replied, “I’m a butcher!”
 
Reddit—ApparentJokes
Posted by u/DokCyber August 14, 2021
“I work with animals,” the guy says to his date. “That’s so sweet,” she replies. “I love a man who cares about animals. Where do you work?” “I’m a butcher,” he says.
   
Twitter
Doc 
@DocAtCDI
“I work with animals,” the guy says to his date.
“That’s so sweet,” she replies. “I love a man who cares about animals. Where do you work?”
“I’m a butcher,” he says.
3:28 AM · Mar 24, 2022
 
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/EndersGame_Reviewer February 2, 2023
“I work with animals,” a man is saying to his date.
“That’s so sweet,” she replies. “I love a man who cares about animals. Where do you work?”
“I’m a butcher,” he says.