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What is the meaning behind the following joke? Why is it funny?

A grey goose walks into a bar and says" I d like a scotch on the rocks." The bartender looks at the goose funny, but goes to get him his drink anyway. The bartender continues to look at the goose so the goose asks, " Hey, what s your deal? Why do you keep looking at me like that?" The bartender says, "Besides the fact that you are a talking goose? Well I actually have a drink named after you? The grey goose replies, "You have a drink named Ron?

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  • 2 years ago
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    Grey goose is a brand of vodka. Ron, is not. Hence the humor.

  • 2 years ago

    Grasshopper hops onto a bar to order and the barkeep says, "Hey, d'ja know there's a drink named after you?" and the grasshopper says, "No kidding, there's a drink called an Irving?" Unattributed, 1970s, later plagiarized by The Family Guy.

  • 2 years ago

    Grey Goose is a popular brand of Vodka

  • 2 years ago

    There is a vodka called Grey Goose

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    2 years ago

    What makes it better is that there IS a drink called Ron - it's the Spanish word for rum.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    It's not funny. It's cheesy

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    There is an expensive brand of vodka called Grey Goose. Which the goose didn't know and the bartender does.

  • 2 years ago

    There is a Vodka named grey goose of which the goose in the bar was unaware.

    When the joke was published in Playboy in 1964, the drink and the listener was grasshopper.

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