“A giraffe walks into a bar. Giraffes aren’t good at playing limbo” (bar joke)

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Entry from December 27, 2022

“A giraffe walks into a bar. Giraffes aren’t good at playing limbo” (bar joke)

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

“A giraffe walks into a bar. Giraffes aren’t good at playing limbo.”

“a giraffe walks into a bar he has lost this round of limbo” was posted on Twitter by Linda on May 28, 2013. “A giraffe walks into a bar. Giraffes aren’t good at playing limbo” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on December 27, 2022.

“A giraffe walks into a bar and says, ‘High balls on me!’” and “A giraffe walks into a bar and the barman says, ‘I’m sorry, we don’t serve Heineken here’” are other giraffe versions.

Twitter
Linds (she/her)
@snidleynisker
a giraffe walks into a bar he has lost this round of limbo
6:42 PM · May 28, 2013

Twitter
Linds (she/her)
@snidleynisker
A giraffe walks into a bar. The giraffe has lost a game of limbo. Again.
7:12 PM · Oct 11, 2014

Twitter
Nick Thomas
@NSTHOMAS63
A giraffe walks into a bar.
Limbo fail.
#Illgetmycoat
8:13 PM · Dec 12, 2018

Twitter
Giraffe-ish
@GiraffeIsh
A Giraffe walks into a bar…
losing the game of Limbo.
#NFT #NFTCollection #LaunchingSoon
7:45 AM · Mar 4, 2022

Twitter
trevor hindson
@trevorhindson
Replying to @DadJokeMan
A giraffe walks into a bar
they make lousy limbo dancers!
8:12 AM · Sep 26, 2022

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/GranularPlatitude December 27, 2022
A giraffe walks into a bar
Giraffes aren’t good at playing limbo

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