A “fishcake” is a cake made out of fish, but a joke has it that a “fish cake” is a cake made for a fish. The fishcake joke was posted on the newsgroup cableinet.chatter on June 5, 1998:
“Man walks into a chip shop with a huge cod draped around his neck and say ‘Excuse me, do you serve fish cakes?’. The woman behind the counter replies ‘Yes we do sir’, and the says ‘That’s good cos it’s his birthday today’.”
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Joke
Solus
6/5/98
Man walks into a chip shop with a huge cod draped around his neck and say “Excuse me, do you serve fish cakes?”. The woman behind the counter replies “Yes we do sir”, and the says “That’s good cos it’s his birthday today”.
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Thea Cochrane
@thea_cochr
A man holding a salmon walks into a restaurant. He asks “Do you serve fishcakes?” and is told not. “Pity,” he says, “It’s his birthday”
3:13 PM - 18 May 2009
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Julian O’Dell
@agencytrainer
Man walked into chip shop with a salmon under his arm. “Do you serve fish cakes?” he said. “No” came the reply. “Shame. It’s his birthday.”
1:02 PM - 17 Jun 2011
Reddit—Jokes
A man walks into the bakers…
submitted February 1, 2012 by SirJadams
A man walks into the bakers with a salmon under his arm. He asks the woman behind the counter “Excuse me, do you serve fish cakes?”
The woman replies, “Of course we don’t!”
The man points to the fish and shouts - “Well what am I supposed to do?! Its his birthday!”
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Fish Husbandry Jokes
Discussion in ‘Tropical Discussion’ started by tomtomtom1230, Jun 10, 2012.
Here’s my contribution:
A man walks into a fish and chip shop carrying a fish in his hand and says “do you serve fishcakes in here?”
the owner replies, “no.”
the man says “aw that’s a shame, its his birthday today!”
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Edinburgh Chamber
@EdinChamber
A man walks into a fish and chip shop with a 🐟 under his arm and says…
“Do you serve fish cakes in here?”
The owner replies… ‘‘no’‘
The man says “that’s a shame it’s his birthday today” 🎂
#BadJokeFriday #nationalfishandchipday
10:02 AM - 1 Jun 2018
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🤣 The Dad Joke Man 😉
@DadJokeMan
Man walks into a restaurant with a salmon tucked under his arm.
‘Do you serve fishcakes?’ he asks the waiter.
‘Why yes sir, we do’ comes the reply ‘why do you ask?’
‘Well - it’s his birthday’. #wednesdaywit
1:32 AM - 11 Jul 2018
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