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

“A prisoner walks into a bar.”

The joke is that the prisoner is probably walking into a bar of a prison cell. “@TheEllenShow Prisoner walks into a bar” was posted on Twitter by Tradoch on April 9, 2012. “A prisoner walks into a bar” was posted on Twitter by Blythe on March 28, 2013. “A prisoner walks into a bar. #saddest #joke #ever” was posted on Twitter by Nein on January 29, 2014.

“Blind prisoner walks into a bar” was posted on Twitter by MontgomerySmythe on June 24, 2013. “A blind prisoner walks into a bar...” was posted on Twitter by Simon on August 29, 2013.


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chai!
@cHibelladonna
*lol* » RT @mainneli: A prisoner walks into a bar, the Bartender grants him BAILeys.
11:08 AM · Dec 20, 2011

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Tradoch
@Tradoch
Replying to @EllenDeGeneres
@TheEllenShow Prisoner walks into a bar.
3:53 PM · Apr 9, 2012

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Thomas Shaw
@aShawthing00
@RobForbesDJ So a prisoner walks into a bar....
3:52 AM · Sep 5, 2012

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Blythe
@Blythemonkey
A prisoner walks into a bar.
10:21 PM · Mar 28, 2013

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MontgomerySmythe
@MontgomerySmyth
Blind prisoner walks into a bar.
12:04 PM · Jun 24, 2013

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MontgomerySmythe
@MontgomerySmyth
Blind prisoner walks into a bar....
Who’s not gonna find that funny?
10:24 AM · Jun 25, 2013

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Noddy Comet
@Stirgryguy
A prisoner walks into a bar.... it was lights out and his cell was locked.
5:14 PM · Jun 28, 2013

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Simon 🇰🇪
@majimaji_
A blind prisoner walks into a bar…
1:10 PM · Aug 29, 2013

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Nein.
@NeinQuarterly
A prisoner walks into a bar.
#saddest #joke #ever
3:05 PM · Jan 29, 2014

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Jules Verne Damme
@Ongaruh
Replying to @Ongaruh
A prisoner walks into a bar…
Yeah. He couldn’t see where he was going.
7:00 AM · Aug 14, 2015

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Youshouldfeelgood August 25, 2016
A prisoner walks into a bar
*some bars
FTFM

Twitter
VAMPIRE DOVE
@coyote_pastel
[first day in prison]
*a prisoner walks into a bar
8:48 PM · Apr 28, 2018

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ElsonDaSushiChef March 1, 2021
A prisoner walks into a bar
His cellmate yells over his book, “What the hell is wrong with you? Are you blind?!”

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Swing Left Boulder 🌊💯🌊🌈🌎♻️🇺🇲 🇺🇦
@BoulderVoter
Replying to @NathanMaine1 and @LisaIndianagirl
A prisoner walks into a bar.
his cellmate sez ‘what r u, blind?’
8:28 PM · Mar 1, 2022

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/siddharth_pillai January 30, 2023
A prisoner walks into a bar