"Toupee” sounds like “to pay.” A joke was posted on Sickipedia on December 20, 2019:
“I bought my wig at a discount store. Didn’t want toupee full price.”
Sickipedia
I bought my wig at a discount store.
Didn’t want toupee full price.
Joke by Scotty in Other - Random · December 20, 2019
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/honolulu_oahu_mod December 20, 2019
I bought my wig at a discount store because I didn’t want toupee full price.
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I bought my wig at a discount store.
Didn’t want toupee full price.
6:06 PM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Living Sarcasm
@SarcasmLiving
I bought my wig at a discount store.
Didn’t want toupee full price.
7:13 PM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter for Android
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/Rav4xle June 27, 2020
I bought my wig at a discount store.
Didn’t want toupee full price.
Twitter
3AM
@3AM_Jokes
I bought my wig at a discount store.... Didn’t want toupee full price.
3:16 AM · Jun 27, 2020·IFTTT
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