Random Joke Punchline Meme

[madbaker]

(taken from fionnbharro, partly 'cause no one else has.

Post the punchline to a favored joke. Ask for comments for people to guess or contribute the actual joke.

My Punchline:
So then the bartender says, "That's not a duck!"

Comments

Thank you.

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

...And you're evil, BTW.

Re: Thank you.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. Anything in particular this time?

Re: Thank you.

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

No, just that you used that particular punchline.

AFAIK, there is *no* joke that uses that one.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Er.

A man walks into a bar with a string. "We don't serve strings in here," says the bartender. "Not a string, it's a duck," says the man. "Quack," says the string, "quack, quack."

Ok, so it's lame. Lame duck. What's the real joke?

re: real joke

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Er... I took it from an old Far Side.

Abraham Lincoln is standing at a podium looking at his speech. It reads:
"And then the bartender says, 'That's not a duck!'
(wait for laughter)
Four score and seven years ago, ...