“A man walks into a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table…” (bar joke)

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Entry from September 09, 2017

“A man walks into a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table…” (bar joke)

According to one popular bar joke, a man enters a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table. “Nice legs!” he says. “Do you really think so?” she asks him. “Definitely. Most tables would have collapsed by now.”

The joke has been cited in print since at least 2012.

Baltic News Network (BNN)
Daily joke: Nice legs
May 23, 2012
A man was drinking alone at a bar when he spotted a fat girl dancing on a nearby table.

After watching for a while he walked past her and said, “Amazing legs.”

She giggled and said with a smile, “Do you really think so?”

“Definitely,” he replied. “Most tables would have collapsed by now.”

Twitter
Saucy Water Buffalo‏
@Pod1013
I went 2 a bar and saw a fat grl dncing on a tbl I said Nice legs , she said u really think so oh ya most tables would have collapsed by now
12:00 PM - 20 Jul 2012

Twitter
Mr. I. M. Lucky‏
@Gdabme
At bar, a fat chick was dancing on a table. Me: Nice legs. Girl: Do you really think so? Me: Yes, most tables would have collapsed by now
1:03 PM - 25 Jul 2012

Google Groups: AFMC Group A Batch
Fwd: When you are over 50
KADAMBI VARADARAJ RAGHURAM
10/31/12
(...)
I went to the pub last night and saw a fat chick dancing on a table.

I said to her, “Nice legs.”

The girl giggled and said with a smile, “Do you really think so.”

I said “Definitely, most tables would have collapsed by now. “

Twitter
Edwin‏
@GreatestAlive_6
*fat girl dancing on table* guy : “nice legs!” Girl : ” you think so? ; ) ” guy : “yes,most tables would have collapsed by now” lmaooooo
5:36 PM - 26 Dec 2012

Google Books
Essential Jokes:
For Ice Breaking Moments
By Patrick Nafzger
BookBaby
2013
Pg. ?:
I went to the pub last night and saw a fat chick dancing on a table.
I said, “Nice legs.”
The girl giggled and said with a smile, “Do you really think so.”
I said “Definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now.”

Twitter
Marcelo Castillo‏
@CoachCastillo
Saw a fat girl dancing on a table last nite, so I said nice legs, she said really? I said yup-most tables would have collapsed by now #Truth
12:20 PM - 28 Jan 2013

Reddit—Jokes
Wow, nice legs!
submitted September 9, 2017 by uniqueit
A man goes to a bar and sees a fat girl dancing on a table. He walks over to her and says, “Wow, nice legs!” She is flattered and replies, “You really think so?” The man says, “Oh definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now.”

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