“I bought an alcoholic ginger beer. He wasn’t happy about it”
“Buying an alcoholic ginger beer” can be interpreted as buying “alcoholic ginger beer,” or as buying an alcoholic a “ginger beer” (usually non-alcoholic), or as buying a beer for an “alcoholic ginger.” A joke was posted on Twitter by English writer and stand-up comedian Gary Delaney on December 11, 2011:
“I just bought an alcoholic ginger beer. He didn’t seem best pleased.”
Some have commented that an alcoholic ginger should have been pleased about the beer purchase. Gary Delaney tweeted on August 14, 2018, “There is also a 3rd meaning,though not one I deliberately put in there. Ginger beer is also Cockney rhyming slang for queer, so you could interpret it as ‘I bought an alcoholic queer’. The meaning I was actually aiming for was ‘ buying a ginger beer for a disappointed alcoholic.’”
“I just bought an alcoholic ginger beer. He wasn’t pleased” was posted on Reddit—Funny on December 12, 2011. “Last night I bought an alcoholic ginger beer, he wasn’t happy about it” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on July 7, 2015.
Similar jokes include “Bought a chicken to make sandwiches. It doesn’t. It shits on the floor,” ““I made a chicken salad today. Cheeky bastard didn’t even eat it,” “I made some fish tacos last night. But they just ignored them and swam away,” “I made some jerk chicken today. He didn’t even say ‘thank you’!” and “Last night I made a lamb curry, but apparently they prefer grass.”
Wikipedia: Gary Delaney
Gary Justin Delaney (born 16 April 1973) is an English writer and stand-up comedian.
Twitter
Gary Delaney
@GaryDelaney
I just bought an alcoholic ginger beer. He didn’t seem best pleased.
5:50 PM - 11 Dec 2011
Reddit—Funny
I just bought an alcoholic ginger beer. (self.funny)
submitted December 12, 2011 by Azranas
He wasn’t pleased.
Reddit—Jokes
Last night I bought an alcoholic ginger beer,
submitted July 7, 2015 by HJW1999
he wasn’t happy about it.
Reddit—Jokes
I once bought an alcoholic ginger beer.
submitted June 17, 2016 by Unic0rnBac0n
He wasn’t very pleased.
Reddit—Jokes
I recently bought an alcoholic ginger beer
submitted October 10, 2016 by WillieJenkins
He wasn’t pleased
Reddit—Dad Jokes
Last night I bought an alcoholic ginger beer (self.dadjokes)
submitted February 15, 2018 by [deleted]
He wasn’t happy
COMMENTS
Chronicide0
Weird… I would think an alcoholic ginger would appreciate a free beer…
Reddit—Dad Jokes
Last night I bought an alcoholic ginger beer (self.dadjokes)
submitted February 22, 2018 by philrossi9
He wasn’t happy with me!
COMMENTS
ryano7926
Why would a red haired alcoholic be upset you bought him beer though?
wheelb1
He’s either trying to quit or not at all secure in his manhood, i.e. homophob. Best I got for ya.
Reddit—Oneliners
I bought an alcoholic ginger beer
submitted August 13, 2018 by JaeSwift
He was fucking furious.
Twitter
Gary Delaney
@GaryDelaney
Replying to @barrypopik
There is also a 3rd meaning,though not one I deliberately put in there. Ginger beer is also Cockney rhyming slang for queer, so you could interpret it as ‘I bought an alcoholic queer’. The meaning I was actually aiming for was ‘ buying a ginger beer for a disappointed alcoholic’
1:57 PM - 14 Aug 2018