Bar Jokes
An English Teacher Walks into a Bar and the Bartender Says, "Uh-oh, Look Whom's Here. Everyone Better Watch Their Language Now"
A subject and a verb walks into a bar but sits at separate tables because they are not in agreement.

An imperative verb walks into a bar and says "Beer me!"

An appositive walks into a bar and orders a beer, Budweiser.

A pronoun walks into a bar and takes the place of a noun who is just leaving.

A possessive pronoun walks into a bar and insists upon occupying its regular seat.

A reflexive pronoun walks into a bar, orders a beer, and begins referring to itself.

An independent clause walks into a bar and uses a subject and a verb to express a complete thought to the bartender.

A period walks into a bar and comes to a full stop in front of the bartender.

An ellipsis walks into a bar, asks for a list of coffee drinks, and indicates that something is missing.

A comma walks into a bar and orders, serially, a scotch-rocks, a plate of wings, and a beer chaser.

A colon walks into a bar and orders the following: a vodka tonic, an appletini, and a ginger ale.

A question mark walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "Now don't get all huffy if I ask about something personal because the interrogative is my prerogative."

A parenthesis walks into a bar and (having some incidental information to disclose to the bartender) whispers to him.

An apostrophe walks into a bar, notices a pregnant woman starting labor, and says to the bartender, "I'll help the lady with her contractions and also take care of her possessions."

A hyphen walks into a bar, recognizes an old friend, and says, "For me, this is a long-anticipated connection with you."

A homonym walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "You're going to remember your conversation with me in days of yore."

A capital letter walks into a bar and says, "It's awfully quiet in here.  I'm going to begin a conversation."

A split infinitive walks into a bar and orders a beer to quietly drink.

An ambiguity with an urgent need walks into a bar and promptly goes to the bathroom in the hallway.

A dangling participle walks into a bar wanting a good selection of single-malt scotches.

A misspelled word texts a friend that it's going to walk into a cabernet and order a caberet.

Why does a rhetorical question walk into a bar?

All syllogisms that walk into a bar with proper ID are valid; this syllogism walks into a bar with proper ID; therefore, this syllogism is valid.

A peroration walks into a bar, sits down to think over a drink, and ultimately comes to a conclusion.

An italicized word walks into a bar and orders two drinks because it is stressed.

An appendix walks into a bar and adds something at the end of a discussion between friends.

Ibid walks into a bar and repeats itself.

Et al walks into a bar, orders a beer, and begins drinking with both old friends and others.

Parallel structure walks into a bar, takes a seat, orders a drink, and starts a conversation.

A corpulent irony walks into a bar and orders a stout.

An archetype walks into a bar, orders a full bottle of Madeira, and tells the bartender, "My name is Falstaff."

A thesaurus walks into a bar/gin joint/watering hole and orders a libation/shot/nip.

A glossary walks into a bar--i.e., a place to order and savor alcoholic drinks--and proceeds to add clarifying remarks about what everyone is saying.

Viz. and to wit walk into a bar, namely Moe's, and sit down next to Homer Simpson, that is, the town buffoon.

An anapest couplet walks into a bar, orders a scotch and lights up a cigar.

Juliet Capulet walks into a bar, gets hit on by three different men, and says to herself, "Wherefore art there Alpha Romeos?"

A simile walks into a bar and proceeds to get as drunk as a skunk.

A metaphor walks into a bar and proceeds to get pie-eyed.

Phonics walks into a bar and sounds out the hard words on the menu.

A supporting example walks into a bar and tells the bartender he should stock a good single-malt scotch, such as Glenlivet.

A footnote walks into a bar, informs the bartender that corks in wine bottles are passe, and cites The Wine Spectator, Vol. 50, Number 3, March 1, 2012, p. 48, as a reference.

Synechdoche walks into a bar and orders a drop of bourbon.

Hyperbole walks into a bar, orders a bottle of bourbon, and proceeds to drink everyone under the table.

A preamble walks into a bar and explains the reason for its choice before ordering Glenlivet.

A dictionary walks into a bar and orders a drink definitively.

An anomaly walks into a bar but is not served a drink because it has no ID.

That a noun clause walks into a bar is what this sentence posits.

An adjective clause walks into a bar and orders a porter that has been lightly iced.

Because it has gout, an adverb clause limps into a bar and orders a drink as it fights off the urge to whimper.

A nominative absolute walks into a bar and says, its voice trembling, "I need a drink.  I've just seen a ghost, his pallor appalling me."

An alliteration walks into a bar and wryly requests rye.

A pun walks into a bar with a date, orders two scotch-rocks, and says, "You know, baby, I only have ice for you."

Latest comments

29.03 | 17:31

Hi Bruce,
I smiled a lot as I looked! Sometimes I didn't quite understand, other times I did! Keep doing this! You are a fun thinker!

05.07 | 23:04

hi! your blog is really fantastic! you are really lucky to have it. I have one but i did not have a single like apart from me

11.10 | 23:42

No longer pray for an outcome. Just do the footwork, if I can see any. I just pray for the grace to willing accept what the outcome will be.

30.06 | 02:37

yo that is so cool