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    Grammatical bar jokes

    There are a couple I don't get. Can anyone help?

    ~ A synonym strolls into a tavern.

    ~ A question mark walks into a bar?

    ~ Two quotation marks walk into a "bar".

    ~ A non-Oxford comma walks into a bar with two people, a dog and a cat.

    ~ A cliche walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.

    ~ The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.

    ~ The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known.

    ~ A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.

    ~ A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting right away. With a cute little sentence fragment.

    ~ A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and figuratively gets hammered.

    ~ Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.

    ~ An infinitive and a gerund walk into a bar to enjoy drinking.

    ~ A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.

    ~ A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing.

    ~ A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.

    ~ A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.

    ~ An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.

    ~ Comic Sans walks into a bar. The bartender says: "Get out -- we don't serve your type!"

    ~ A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony.

    ~ A rabbi, a priest, and a pastor walk into a bar. The bartender says: "What is this, some kind of joke?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by FunFromOz View Post
    There are a couple I don't get. Can anyone help?

    ~ A synonym strolls into a tavern.

    Stroll is a synonym for walk.

    ~ A question mark walks into a bar?

    ~ Two quotation marks walk into a "bar".

    ~ A non-Oxford comma walks into a bar with two people, a dog and a cat.

    ~ A cliche walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.

    ~ The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.

    ~ The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known.

    ~ A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.

    ~ A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting right away. With a cute little sentence fragment.

    ~ A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and figuratively gets hammered.

    ~ Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.

    ~ An infinitive and a gerund walk into a bar to enjoy drinking.

    Above my pay grade. Or intelligence level.

    ~ A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.

    ~ A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing.

    ~ A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.

    ~ A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.

    ~ An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.

    ~ Comic Sans walks into a bar. The bartender says: "Get out -- we don't serve your type!"

    ~ A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony.

    ~ A rabbi, a priest, and a pastor walk into a bar. The bartender says: "What is this, some kind of joke?"
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    A period walks into a bar and.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    A period walks into a bar and.

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