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Yet a third reading of the title text is the sarcasm that they get priests and rabbis looking for casual sex in that bar.{{unsigned ip|152.119.255.250}}
 
Yet a third reading of the title text is the sarcasm that they get priests and rabbis looking for casual sex in that bar.{{unsigned ip|152.119.255.250}}
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Doesn't the beret guy signify anything? According to my interpretation, he signified the futility of Cueball insisting on using traditional pickup lines when both of them wanted the same thing.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.222.116|108.162.222.116]] 18:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
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:I'm pretty sure he's the bartender, set there to identify the locale as a pub. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.250}}
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What joke is Randall referring to when he mention the priest and the rabbi? Never heard any before.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.13|172.69.63.13]] 20:07, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
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:I Do not believe it is a specific joke, but a common setup for a joke, such as "a priest, a rabbi and an atheist walk into a bar.", just like many other constellations of people. However the different kinds of religious people tend to be a stereotypic setup. The jokes that follow after range from harmless clean jokes, to straight up blasphemy (from the specific religions viewpoint). --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 09:16, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

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Megan is at a hotel bar and Cueball (the waiter) is asking her a question on her breakfast next morning. After that this comic looks much more like a Monty Python or Faulty Towers skit. But if that is true we need a reference.

BTW: Please follow all instructions here Help:How to add a new comic explanation when creating a new page.--Dgbrt (talk) 15:16, 9 June 2013 (UTC)


My alternate take on the Title-Text is that the person looking for a priest and a rabbi is being (sarcastically? ...or totally not sarcastically?) told that they're indeed quite common in Singles Bars. 178.98.31.27 15:18, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

That's my take as well Gman314 (talk) 05:45, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Yet a third reading of the title text is the sarcasm that they get priests and rabbis looking for casual sex in that bar. 152.119.255.250 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Doesn't the beret guy signify anything? According to my interpretation, he signified the futility of Cueball insisting on using traditional pickup lines when both of them wanted the same thing.108.162.222.116 18:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure he's the bartender, set there to identify the locale as a pub. 108.162.219.250 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

What joke is Randall referring to when he mention the priest and the rabbi? Never heard any before.172.69.63.13 20:07, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

I Do not believe it is a specific joke, but a common setup for a joke, such as "a priest, a rabbi and an atheist walk into a bar.", just like many other constellations of people. However the different kinds of religious people tend to be a stereotypic setup. The jokes that follow after range from harmless clean jokes, to straight up blasphemy (from the specific religions viewpoint). --Lupo (talk) 09:16, 15 August 2019 (UTC)