“How did the butcher introduce his wife?”/“Meat Patty!”

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Entry from May 31, 2015

“How did the butcher introduce his wife?”/“Meat Patty!”

A popular joke about a butcher goes:

Q: How did the butcher introduce his wife?
A: Meat/Meet Patty!

The “meat patty” joke has been cited in print since at least 1999.

12 September 1999, The Sunday Times of India (Mumbai, India), “Gag Bag,” pg. 17, col. 2:
How did the butcher introduce his wife?
Meat Patty.

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World’s Best Professional Jokes

Compiled by Clifford Sawhney
New Delhi: Pustak Mahal
2008
Pg. ?:
How did the butcher introduce his wife, Patricia?
“Meat Patty.”

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Pg. ?:
How did the butcher introduce his wife?
“Meat Patty.”

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Meat Patty.

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2014
Pg. ?:
Q: How did the butcher introduce his wife?
A: Meet Patty!

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