A pun on the name of the barracuda fish is:
Q: What do you call a dangerous fish who drinks too much?
A: A beer-a-cuda.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2002.
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Crooked Backsplash
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06-02-2002, 08:52 PM
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What do you call a dangerous fish who drinks too much ?
A beer-a-cuda !
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Re; Fish jokes
Snoop
October 26th, 2005, 04:58 AM
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What do you call a dangerous fish who drinks too much ?
A beer-a-cuda !
Google Books
Penguin Pocket Jokes
By David Pickering
London, UK: Penguin Books
2006
Pg. ?:
What do you call a dangerous fish who drinks too much?
A beer-a-cuda.
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Fish jokes
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What do you call a dangerous fish who drinks too much? A beer-a-cuda!
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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.
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