“A guy walks into a bar...” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” A liberal arts graduate version is:
“A person with an art degree walks into a bar. They then head behind the counter and start serving drinks.”
The joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on June 29, 2017.
“Philosophy majors ask why you want fries with that” is another joke about the post-graduate employment of liberal arts majors.
Twitter
Petty Princess
@meticu6lous
Replying to @WhoGotFrance
“@WhoGotFrance: “So a guy with a liberal arts degree walks into a bar “@missinellaray: I want another good laugh.”” Story time 😁
7:55 PM - 14 Dec 2014
Twitter
Alex
@lex_Noble
A 26 year old who campaigned for Bernie and has a liberal arts degree walks into a bar…
4:37 PM - 2 Dec 2016
Reddit—Jokes
A person with an art degree walks into a bar.
submitted June 29, 2017 by JollySieg
They then head behind the counter and start serving drinks.
Twitter
Jan Schill
@schill_jan
A person with an art degree walks into a bar.
They then head behind the counter and start serving drinks.
-from Reddit-
12:47 AM - 29 Jun 2017
Twitter
Corey Hart
@cor4eyh
A person with an art degree walks into a bar. via /r/Jokes
1:29 AM - 29 Jun 2017
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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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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