The Bar Joke is a very common and basic type of joke. The basic syntax of this type of joke is "A man walks into a bar and <something happens here>". The initial perception of the joke is that a man is walking into a bar to have a drink, but this only lasts a few seconds as the punchline is quickly uttered. This joke has gained an incredible amount of variants over the years. It is often used by comedians and people telling jokes to their friends.

[edit] History

The Bar Joke had its origin in The New York Times in the 1950s^[1] with a joke about a dry martini. Over the next couple decades this type of joke gained in popularity and were eventually told by practically all comedians.

[edit] Variants

Bar Jokes have been very versatile because they can be easily varied. Many variants replace the man walking into a bar with women, famous people, common jobs, animals or even inanimate objects.

Another classic variation goes as follows: A man walked into a bar. Ouch.

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