The Big Apple: “A crab walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

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Entry from June 03, 2021

“A crab walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

“A guy walks into a bar...” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” A crab version is:

“A crab walks into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Sorry, I can’t serve you. You’re already walking sideways.’”

A crab walks sideways, but a person walking sideways is usually drunk. The joke was posted on Twitter in 2012 and on Reddit—Jokes in 2018.

Twitter
Ryan Hannon
@ryanhannon91
A crab walks into a bar. The bartender says ‘I’m not serving you’.The crab says ‘ Why not? Bartender says’ Your sideways already!! LOL
6:35 PM · May 28, 2012·Twitter Web Client

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/SwannyWilkinson September 13, 2018
A crab walks into a bar…
The Barman says “I can’t serve you mate, you’re already walking sideways”.

Twitter
SelkTheHermitCrab
@SelkThe
A crab walks into a bar ...
The bartender says “I’m afraid I can’t serve you. You’re already walking sideways!”
Gotta love a dumb joke.
7:48 PM · Nov 21, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Horseshoe Bossier
@Horseshoe_BC
“ #HorseshoeFUN
5:28 PM · Jan 3, 2020·Khoros Publishing

Twitter
Jack Smith
@MrJackLiamSmith
More crabs than you can shake a lobster at today
@willowshigh Inundated with requests for a joke again(not even 1)but anyway- Crab walks into a bar, barman says, “I can’t serve you, you’re already walking sideways” That’s it from me I promise! Bendigedig
@WillowsWellbei3
11:44 AM · Jul 9, 2020 from Cardiff, Wales·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Kit Powell
@powellcm
Crab goes into a bar, the bartender says I can’t serve you, you’re already walking sideways
Shellfish in tomato broth:
It’s Friday, it’s Lent, so seafood it was. I had originally planned on ciopinno, then I saw a recipe for Brudet from Croatia, then … https://instagr.am/p/CMW7ps2hJKP/
7:36 AM · Mar 13, 2021·IFTTT

Twitter
Don’s Crab Shack
@donscrabshack
A crab walks into a bar…
The Barman says “I can’t serve you mate, you’re already walking sideways”.

Twitter
nacho なるみ
@Narumi_na1999
A crab walks into a bar…
And the barman says:
“I can’t serve you mate, you’re alreay walking sideways”.
#写真好きな人と繋がりたい
#写真
#日本
#photography #Japan #FishermansDiary #fujifilm
9:34 AM · May 1, 2021·Twitter for Android
12:27 AM · Apr 28, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

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