“James Joyce 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 version about Irish author James Joyce (1882-1941) is:
 
“James Joyce walks into a bar. ‘Why the long phrase?’ asks the barman.”
 
The pun is on the famous “Why the long face?” punchline of the “A horse walks into a bar…” joke. The Joyce joke was posted on Twitter on June 16, 2013.
 
     
Wikipedia: James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer’s Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, perhaps most prominently stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, his published letters and occasional journalism.
   
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Jenny Colgan‏
@jennycolgan
RT @jonnygeller: James Joyce walks into a bar “Why the long phrase?” says the barman. #bloomsday
11:54 AM - 16 Jun 2013
 
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Overheard in Dublin‏
@OverheardDublin
James Joyce walks into a bar on #bloomsday in Dublin. “Why the long phrase?” asks the barman. (via @jonnygeller)
1:54 PM - 16 Jun 2013
   
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Jonny Geller‏
@JonnyGeller
#Bloomsday joke -
James Joyce walks into a bar.
“Why the long phrase?”
asks the barman.
2:14 AM - 16 Jun 2015
     
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Damian Barr’s Literary Salon
February 2, 2016 ·
James Joyce walks into a bar.
“Why the long phrase?” asks the barman.
Ulysses Published On This Day, 1922
Thank you Salonista Jonny Geller for sharing this.
 
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Overheard in Dublin‏
@OverheardDublin
James Joyce walks into a bar on Bloomsday in Dublin. “Why the long phrase?” asks the barman. #JamesJoyce
1:15 PM - 2 Feb 2016
     
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Jonny Geller‏
@JonnyGeller
My annual #Bloomsday joke -
James Joyce walks into a bar.
“Why the long phrase?”
asks the barman.
3:27 AM - 16 Jun 2017
 
Twitter
Jonny Geller‏
@JonnyGeller
James Joyce walks into a bar.
“Why the long phrase?”
asks the barman.
James Joyce, born #onthisday in 1882.
10:52 AM - 2 Feb 2018