It held up a pair of pants.
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1,622. One to tell the original joke, and the rest to submit give some minor variation of it! For example:
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The bartender offers him a warm smile and says, "For you, no charge".
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Climb up a tree and act like a nut
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100: One to do it and ninety-nine to say "I could've done that."
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When it came time to pay, the skunk didn't have a scent, the deer didn't have a buck so they put the meal on the duck's bill.
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