“Once upon a time, there was an ox…” (oxtail joke)
“Oxtail” is not the same as “ox tale,” but there are jokes.
“my local butcher is a sarcy fucker,i went in there today and asked if he had an oxtail,he said ‘once upon a time there was an ox’ the twat” was posted on Twitter by “I am just me” on July 31, 2009. “In the butcher’s today & a woman comes in and asks for an oxtail. The butcher says ‘Once upon a time, there was an ox…’” was posted on Twitter by Gene Hunt on August 31, 2009.
“Once upon a time there was a lobster…” is a similar joke about lobster tail.
Wikipedia: Oxtail
Oxtail (occasionally spelled ox tail or ox-tail) is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. While the word once meant only the tail of an ox, today it can also refer to the tails of other cattle.
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I am just me
@oxofamilydad
my local butcher is a sarcy fucker,i went in there today and asked if he had an oxtail,he said “once upon a time there was an ox” the twat.
7:42 AM · Jul 31, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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Gene Hunt ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@GeneHunt
In the butcher’s today & a woman comes in and asks for an oxtail. The butcher says “Once upon a time, there was an ox…”
2:55 PM · Aug 31, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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Charlie O’Malley
@charliebadger99
XX.. I went into my butchers and asked for an oxtail..
The butcher said “yes sir, once upon a time there was an ox…..........
9:45 AM · May 30, 2014·Twitter Web Client
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Simon
@SimonsJokes
A woman goes into a butcher’s…
“I’d like an oxtail please”.
“Certainly”, replies the butcher, “Once upon a time there was an ox…”
3:35 PM · Jan 3, 2015·Facebook
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⚒happy Hammer.⚒
@brooking1980
A woman goes into a butcher’s…
“I’d like an oxtail please”.
“Certainly”, replies the butcher, “Once upon a time there was an ox…”
6:45 AM · Jan 4, 2018 from Harlow, East·Twitter for iPhone
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Crow
@CrowSaorAlba1
A woman goes in to a butchers and says “I’ll have an Oxtail please” “Certainly” replies the butcher, “Once upon a time there was an Ox..
2:50 AM · Oct 22, 2019·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/VERBERD January 17, 2022
Woman goes to the butchers, “I’d like an oxtail please.”
“Certainly” replies the butcher. “Once upon a time, there was an ox…......”
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Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
Woman goes to the butchers, “I’d like an oxtail please.”
“Certainly” replies the butcher. “Once upon a time, there was an ox…”
2:35 PM · Jan 17, 2022·Twitter for iPhone