A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from February 24, 2016
“A five-dollar bill walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

“A guy walks into a bar…” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” One version involving paper money is:
 
“A five-dollar bill walks into a bar. Bartender says, ‘Get outa here! We don’t serve your type. This is a singles bar.’”
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2001.
     
 
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10/5/01
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A five-dollar bill walks into a bar. Bartender says, “Get outa here! We don’t serve your type. This is a singles bar.”
   
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52. Five Dollars
A five-dollar bill walks into a bar, and the bartender says, “Get outa’here! This is a singles bar.”
 
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A five dollar bill walks into a bar - the bartender says, “Get outta here! We don’t serve your type…This is a singles bar!”
12:36 AM - 21 Jul 2007
 
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37. So a five-dollar bill walks into a bar.
Bartender says, “Get out of here! We don’t serve your type. This is a singles bar.”
 
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Introduced by Garrison Keillor
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2015
Pg. ?:
So a five-dollar bill walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Get outa here! We don’t serve your type. This is a singles’ bar.”

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