“A guy walks into a bar...” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” One version—an anti-joke—is:

“A man walked into a bar...and stayed there for the rest of my childhood.”

“So this man walks into a bar...and he stays there for the rest of my childhood...” was posted on Twitter on April 14, 2010. “A man walked into a bar… and he stated there my entire fucking childhood” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on October 31. 2012. “My father walks into a bar… And stays there for the rest of my childhood” was posted on Reddit on September 25, 2016.


Twitter
Isabella V
‏@isarime
So this man walks into a bar...and he stays there for the rest of my childhood…
11:08 AM - 14 Apr 2010

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ZZZlist October 31, 2012
A man walked into a bar…
... and he stayed there my entire fucking childhood.

Twitter
Bad Joke Eel
@BadJokeEel_
A man walked into a bar…
and he stated there my entire fucking childhood.
10:20 PM · Oct 31, 2012·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
DA Sketch Show
@dasketchshow
A man walked into a bar… ... and he stayed there my entire fucking childhood. submitted by ZZZlist [link] [96 commen http://goo.gl/sfRFm
7:32 AM · Nov 1, 2012·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
✨ Shiny Nikk.f
@NikkEtc
“A man walked into a bar.. and stayed there my entire childhood.”
8:14 AM · Nov 1, 2012·DestroyTwitter

Twitter
Paige Fenton
‏@Paigeaf7
“So my dad walks into a bar....And spends the rest of my childhood there..” “Oh I’m sorry that was an accident.. Like my birth” @MaddNj 😭
11:36 PM - 20 Jun 2014
Avenel, NJ

Twitter
Nick
@FroyoNinja
A man walked into a bar
And stayed there for the rest of my childhood
11:33 PM · Sep 10, 2015·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—AskReddit
zues1219 September 11, 2015
A man walks into a bar.
And stays there my entire childhood.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/truemaam October 3, 2015
So a man walks into a bar…
and never comes back for my entire childhood.
Where are you dad?

Twitter
ColleenElizabeth
‏@Satans_monster
A man walks into a bar, and doesn’t walk back out for half my childhood.
5:20 PM - 7 Oct 2015

Reddit—Jokes
A man walks into a bar…
submitted October 17, 2015 by die247
and stays there my entire childhood.

Twitter
Carson
‏@nonstopforest
A man walks into a bar. He stays there for most of my childhood.
12:15 PM - 23 Nov 2015

Twitter
moon man
‏@OGMasedgod
A man walked into a bar.....
...and stayed there for the rest of my childhood
1:42 AM - 13 Sep 2016

Reddit—Jokes
My father walks into a bar…
submitted September 25, 2016 by Charcoalthefox
And stays there for the rest of my childhood.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/greydog86 February 12, 2018
A man walks into a bar…
And stays there my entire childhood.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Grease2feminist July 23, 2022
A man walked into a bar
And stayed there my entire childhood.