There’s a difference between “buying a 12 year old (bottle of) scotch” and “buying a 12 year old (person) scotch.” A joke was posted on Twitter on January 25, 2013:
“Today i bought a 12 year old scotch. His parents were not at all pleased.”
The joke is from English writer and stand-up comedian Gary Delaney.
Wikipedia: Gary Delaney
Gary Justin Delaney (born 16 April 1973) is an English writer and stand-up comedian.
Twitter
Gavin Dorrigan
@Gavin_Dorrigan
Today i bought a 12 year old scotch. His parents were not at all pleased.
6:33 PM - 25 Jan 2013
Twitter
Captain Birdseye
@INewpersona
I bought a rely nice 12 year old Scotch yesterday.
His parents were really pissed off
4:53 AM - 29 Mar 2013
Twitter
George
@GeorgeNoel25
I bought a lovely 12 year old scotch the other day, his parents weren’t happy
4:35 PM - 28 Aug 2013
Twitter
Phil Watkins
@pww8afcb
I bought a 12 year old scotch, well his parents weren’t pleased @garydelaney
6:54 PM - 30 Aug 2013
Twitter
Basil B
@SiibillamLaw
“I bought a nice twelve year old scotch the other day. Obviously his parents weren’t pleased” - Gary Delaney
6:25 PM - 13 Sep 2013
Reddit—Jokes
I bought a nice 12 year old scotch yesterday.
submitted September 4, 2014 by possumman
His parents weren’t pleased.
Reddit—Jokes
I bought a nice 12 year old Scotch.
submitted August 31, 2015 by DJCouttyboy123
Obviously his parents weren’t pleased!
Reddit—Jokes
I bought a lovely 12 year old Scotch
submitted March 14, 2017 by relayrider
her parents reported me to the police
Reddit—Oneliners
I bought a nice 12 year old scotch the other day. Obviously his parents weren’t pleased.
submitted May 23, 2018 by Travbot22
Twitter
Gary Delaney
@GaryDelaney
Replying to @barrypopik
Hello, yes I did this joke in my 2013 #edfringe show and tour as ‘I bought a really nice 12 year old scotch, obviously his parents weren’t pleased’. I’d forgotten it originally came from a tweet. Interestingly one night I accidentally said it as ‘her parents’ and that didn’t fly
5:55 AM - 24 May 2018
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